Indian boxers Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) produced dominating performances to cruise to the quarterfinals of the lads’s World Championships in Tashkent on Tuesday. Continuing his good run within the event, Deepak brushed apart China’s Zhangh Jiamao by a 5-0 unanimous verdict within the 51kg spherical of 16 bout. Nishant, alternatively, hardly broke a sweat as he registered a first-round RSC (referee stops the competition) win in opposition to Palestine’s Foqahaa Nidal in his 71kg final 16 contest. The two together with together with Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg), who will go up in opposition to J. Diaz Ibanez of Bulgaria within the quarterfinals, are one win away from securing medals.

Such was Nishant’s domination that he spent lower than a minute within the ring earlier than being declared the winner.

The Indian southpaw resorted to physique blows earlier than placing Nidal with a robust proper hook that compelled the referee to offer the Palestinian his first standing rely.

A couple of seconds later Nishant unleashed a mix of left-right-left hooks as Nidal fell on the canvas, forcing the referee to offer him his second rely earlier than stopping the competition.

Nishant will face Jorge Cuellar Of Cuba within the quarterfinals.

Competing within the 51kg Olympic class, Deepak put up an excellent show as soon as once more.

While the primary spherical was neck and neck, with each boxers exchanging blows, the 25-year-old Indian managed to take a slender 3-2 lead.

He went into defensive mode firstly of the second spherical and used his counter-attacking sport to strike some heavy left hooks on his opponent.

The Haryana boxer then ramped up the tempo in closing three minutes. He used his nimble foot to maneuver across the ring, touchdown a mix of punches whereas additionally ducking away from his opponent’s assaults quite effortlessly.

“My strategy was to use my strongest weapon in the match which is my left hook and everything went according to our plan in the match.

“I attempted to get the momentum early within the bout and lure my opponent earlier than placing some correct punches,” Deepak said after the victory.

On Sunday, Deepak pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournament when he upstaged Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and 2021 world champion Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan.

Deepak was selected ahead of World Championship silver medallist Amit Panghal and the 25-year-old has put up impressive performances in all the three bouts he has played so far.

He will now play his next bout against Diushebaev Nurzhigit of Kyrgyzstan and will look to confirm a medal for India.

Sachin and Akash bow out

Sachin Siwach (54kg) and Akash Sangwan’s (67kg) campaign, however, came to an end.

Both boxers went down by a similar 5-0 margin to Kazakh pugilists. While Sachin was ousted by to top seed Makhmud Sabyrkhan, Akash was sent packing by Dulat Bekbauov.

Akash had a slow start and grew into the game with every round but in the end, it wasn’t enough for the judges to give decisions in his favour.

On the other hand, Sachin started brightly as he landed heavy punches on his opponent in the first round.

After an even second round, the bout went down to the wire in the last round where Sabyrkhan showed his experience to get the better of the Indian boxer.

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