Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: India's Manju Rani sets up quarter-final clash against top seed Kim Hyang Mi with dominant 5-0 win

 Ulan-Ude: India’s Manju Rani (48kg) on Monday advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Women’s Boxing Championships after a comprehensive victory in the last-16 stage here The sixth-seeded Indian prevailed 5-0 over Venezuela’s Rojas Tayonis Cedeno to stand just one win away from securing a medal in her debut at the big event.

Awesome Manju!👏👏👏

Confident & strong tactical show by #ManjuRani ensures a one-sided victory for the debutant, she blanked opponent Cedeno Rojas Tayonis of 🇻🇪 with a unanimous verdict 5⃣:0⃣ to reach the Quarter Finals in 48kg.

Way to go girl!💪👍#PunchMeinHaiDum#boxing pic.twitter.com/NKmLHI3KFU

— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) October 7, 2019

However, next up for her is a tough one in last edition’s bronze-medallist and top seed Kim Hyang Mi of South Korea. The two will clash on 10 October. Clean punches were few and far between in Rani’s clash against Cedeno but the Indian was the one fetching most of them. Both the boxers stuck to a defensive approach but Rani was the more accurate of the two. On Tuesday, six-time champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) will begin her campaign by taking on Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong in the round of 16. The third-seeded Indian got a bye in the opening round. In the 75kg division, former silver-medallist Saweety Boora (75kg) will square off against second-seeded Welshwoman Lauren Price. Price is a European Games gold-medallist and fetched a bronze in the last edition of the world showpiece. She is also the reigning Commonwealth Games champion besides being a three-time bronze-medallist at the European Championships.