Youth World Boxing Championships: Asian Champion Ravina, two others qualify for quarterfinals

New Delhi: Reigning Asian youth champion Ravina (63kg) showed her class and prowess to sail into the quarterfinals of the IBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships in La Nucia, Spain. Ravina defeated Hungary’s Varga Franciska Rozi in the round-of-16. The Indian pugilist dictated the terms right from the start and landed punches throughout the first round. The second round began in the same manner as Ravina kept on dominating her opposition. As a result, the referee had to stop the contest and the Indian boxer emerged victorious. The other women boxer in action – Kunjarani Devi Thongam (60kg) – also moved into the last-8 stage after blanking Spain’s Horche Martinez Maria 5-0 in a one-sided affair. Among the men boxers, Mohit (86kg) moved into the quarterfinals after his opponent Tomas Lemanas of Lithuania got disqualified in the second round. Sahil Chauhan (71kg) entered the pre-quarterfinals after comfortably defeating Azerbaijan’s Daniel Holostenco 5-0 in a round-of-32 bout.

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Nikhil (57kg) and Harsh (60kg) lost their respective round-of-32 bouts. The former lost 1-4 to Kazakhstan’s Kalinin Ilya while the latter had to suffer a referee stopping the contest (RSC) defeat against Erik Lsrayelyan of Armenia. Nine Indians, including three women, will be in action in the last 16 stage on Sunday. Vishvanath Suresh (48kg), Jadumani Singh (51kg), Ashish (54kg), Vanshaj (63.5kg), Aman Rathore (67kg), and Deepak (75kg) will fight in the men’s section. Bhawna Sharma (48kg), Tamanna (50kg), and Huidrom Griviya Devi (54kg) will take the ring in the women’s quarterfinals. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.