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2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships: Rohit Mor and Akash Sangwan progress into Last-16

Boxer Rohit Mor and Akash Sangwan made their way into the pre-quarterfinals at the 2021 AIBA Men's Boxing Championships with convincing triumphs in Belgrade, Serbia.

Akash Sangwan

Belgrade, October 29: Boxer Rohit Mor and Akash Sangwan made their way into the pre-quarterfinals at the 2021 AIBA Men's Boxing Championships with convincing triumphs in Belgrade, Serbia.

Continuing their impressive run in the tournament, both the youngsters displayed dominating show in their respective round-of-32 matches.

While 20-year-old debutant Rohit outclassed Alen Rahmic of Bosnia and Herzegovina by unanimous margin in the featherweight category, Akash recorded a confident 4-1 victory against German pugilist Daniel Krotter in the 67kg category match played late on Thursday (October 28) night.

This came after Narender provided India a winning start for the day by defeating Sierra Leone's Mohamed Kendeh by RSC verdict in the +92kg round-of-32 match.

Narender will be up against Tajikistan's experienced boxer and 2006 Asian Games gold medallist Jakhon Qurbonov in the pre-quarterfinals on Sunday (October 31).

In the Last-16 matches on Monday (October 25), Rohit (57kg) will take Serik Temirzhanov of Kazakhstan, who entered pre-quarterfinals by defeating youth world champion Japan's Reito Tsutsumi. On the other hand, the 21-year-old Akash will square off against Cuban boxer Kevin Brown.

In the matches played late on Wednesday (October 27) night, Govind Sahani registered an impressive 3-2 victory against Ecuador's Ortiz Arias in an intensely-fought 48kg opening round match. However, Lakshya Chahar (86kg) and Varinder Singh (60kg) ended their campaigns in the opening round.

Later on Friday (October 29), in the round-of-32 matches, reigning Asian champion Sanjeet (92kg) will be seen in action alongside two other Indian pugilists Akash Kumar (54kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg).

Source: BFI release

Story first published: Friday, October 29, 2021, 14:26 [IST]
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