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\nBelgrade, Nov 1 (PTI) Indian boxers Nishant Dev (71kg) and Sanjeet (92kg) made the quarterfinals following impressive victories but four others, including Asian silver-medallist Deepak Bohria (51kg), bowed out of the AIBA Men’s World Championships after losing their last-16 stage bouts here on Monday.<\/p>\n
Nishant defeated Mexico’s Marco Alvarez Verde 3-2 in a late night bout on Sunday to set up a clash with Russia’s Vadim Musaev.<\/p>\n
Sanjeet, a quarterfinalist from the previous edition and the reigning Asian champion, got the better of Georgia’s Giorgi Tchigladze 4-1 to enter the last eight stage for a second successive time.<\/p>\n
He will face Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine.<\/p>\n
However, Rohit Mor (57kg) went down to Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov 1-4. Akash Sangwan (67kg) too lost 0-5 to Cuba’s former world youth champion Kevin Brown Bazain in a fight that left both the boxers with bloodied faces.<\/p>\n
Also exiting the tournament was Sumit Kundu (75kg), who fought valiantly against another Cuban in Yoenlis Hernandez but lost 0-5.<\/p>\n
Deepak was beaten by Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov, the reigning Olympic and world championship bronze-medallist. The Indian claimed the second round and was in with a chance to upstage Bibossinov but teh Kazakh raised his game just in time to nose ahead.<\/p>\n
Mor gave a good account of himself by fighting hard and taking his chances against the technically sound Kazakh, who was especially terrific in the opening round with his attacks.<\/p>\n
Mor troubled him with his own brand of aggressive tactics, which included some good footwork but he struggled to connect.<\/p>\n
Sangwan was equally gritty but lacked in footwork and was perhaps a bit too worked up during the contest.<\/p>\n
Brown, despite being caught off guard more than once by Sangwan’s persistent attacks, was the superior of the two boxers in terms of making counter-attacks.<\/p>\n
The Cuban also displayed a strikingly good defence and was a clear winner.<\/p>\n
Both the boxers ended up sustaining cuts close to their right eyes in the final round.<\/p>\n
Later, Sumit started well by pocketing the opening round in a split decision but Hernandez made a superb comeback with his eye-catching uppercuts and body shots that the Indian found difficult to cope with.<\/p>\n
Later tonight, five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) will look to secure a quarterfinal berth. Thapa will be fighting France’s Lounes Hamraoui.<\/p>\n
The gold winners at the showpiece will walk away with a prize money of USD 100,000.<\/p>\n
The silver medallists are to be given USD 50,000, and both bronze-medallists will be awarded USD 25,000 each. The total prize purse stands at a whopping USD 2.6 million.<\/p>\n
India are being represented by its reigning national champions across weight categories.<\/p>\n
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