World Boxing Qualifiers for Paris 2024: Nishant Dev outpunches Mongolian boxer to win via RSC, enter quarter-finals; Abhinash Jamwal loses

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New Delhi, May 28: Indian boxer Nishant Dev registered a win over his Mongolian opponent in just over two minutes in the 71kg second round to storm into the pre-quarter stage on the 2nd Boxing World qualifiers for Paris Olympics in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday (May 28).

Nishant out punched and out boxed his opponent but his compatriot Abhinash Jamwal was unlucky to be knocked out in the 63.5kg category in a close bout.

Nishant Dev began with a flurry of punches against Mongolia's Otgonbaatar Byamba-Erdeneto to force a standing count in the very first minute. A combination of a jab and cross hook led to another standing count and the Referee Stopped the Contest (RSC) with 58 seconds still left to play in Round 1.

Earlier, Jamwal fought back with gumption after losing a close first round against Colombia's Jose Manuel Viafara Fory.

He clearly dominated the third and final round forcing a tie on points from all five judges. As per the rules, the judges were asked again to weigh the performance and decide the winner; all of them then finally voted in Fory's favour after a long deliberation to seal the final score 5:0 for the Colombian.

Third Indian boxer, Sachin Siwach will take on Frederik Jensen of Denmark in the 57kg round of 32 bout, later in the day.

Earlier on Monday, former world youth champion Ankushita Boro prevailed over Namuun Monkhor of Mongolia in the 60kg category while Abhimanyu Loura went down against Ireland's Kelyn Cassidy in the second round of the 80kg weight category in their respective round of 32 bouts in the ongoing Olympic qualifier competition.

India have already secured three quotas for the Paris Games with Nikhat Zareen (women's 50kg), Preeti (54kg) and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) confirming their berths by winning bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games. India have fielded seven men and three women boxers in the 2nd world qualifiers and five of them have received an opening round bye.