Narender Berwal advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after winning a closely-contested bout while Govind Sahani and Deepak Kumar too got in the pre-quarters at the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships here on Thursday. With a quarter-final surface at the previous World Championships under his belt, Narender (+92 kg) started his mission for a medal by beating Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan 4-1. Both pugilists, who won bronze at the 2022 Asian Championships, went for it from the start in the neck-and-neck bout. Narender landed effective punches and evaded his challenger’s attacks from close quarters to have the upper hand in the preliminary. The Hisar-born pugilist continued to assault on the front foot in the next 2 rounds and won the bout. He will deal with the 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medallist Fernando Arzola of Cuba in the quarter-finals. Previously in the day, 2022 Thailand Open champ Govind (48kg) and 2019 Asian silver medallist Deepak (51kg) began their particular projects with similar triumphes. Govind, who has had an impressive year up until now with a gold at the National Championships and a silver at the 74th Strandja Memorial, continued his abundant vein of kind as he made easy work of Mehron Shafiev of Tajikistan to protect a 5-0 win. Deepak, on the other hand, was likewise at his assaulting best as he ousted Luis Delgado of Ecuador with his supreme technical capability to seal an emphatic success by consentaneous choice. Govind will next deal with the top-seeded Sakhil Alakhverdovi of Georgia who won bronze at the last World Championships while Deepak will handle the Tokyo Olympics bronze winner and ruling world champ Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan. Tape six-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5 kg) will take the ring for his competition opener versus Dos Reis Yuri of Brazil later on in the day. On Friday, two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin, Tokyo Olympian Ashish Chaudhary and Naveen Kumar will all remain in pre-quarterfinals action. Hussamuddin (57kg) will go head to head versus Lyu Ping of China while Ashish (80kg) will deal with a difficult obstacle versus two-time Olympic gold medallist Arlen Lopez of Cuba. Naveen (92kg) will handle Jeong Jae-min of South Korea. The continuous competition is being gotten involved by 538 fighters, consisting of numerous Olympic medallists, from 107 nations.
Guys’s World Boxing Championships: Narender Berwal Storms Into Pre-Quarterfinals
