Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and World Championships runner-up Amit Panghal (51kg) maintained their spectacular type to advance into the quarterfinals of the Men’s National Boxing Championships on Wednesday. Thapa, who received a gold medal within the final version, demonstrated his prowess with a commanding 5-0 victory over Santhosh HK from Karnataka. The Assam pugilist will now face Shashank Pradhan of Delhi within the quarterfinals. Representing SSCB, Panghal warded off a problem Punjab’s Jayshandeep Singh 4-1 to arrange quarterfinal bout in opposition to Mohammad Aarif of Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, 2021 Asian champion Sanjeet knocked out Sawan Gill of Chandigarh 5-0 within the 92kg weight class.

Sanjeet, representing SSCB, will face Naman Tanwar of RSPB within the quarterfinals.

Ashish Kumar from Himachal Pradesh demonstrated his swift and aggressive boxing, secured a first-round knockout victory in opposition to Nitish Kumar from Chandigarh within the 80kg class.

The Tokyo Olympian will face Lakshya of SSCB within the last-eight.

A complete of over 350 boxers throughout 13 weight classes are taking part within the championships. PTI ATK TAP