World cadet champ Balbir's fine form continues in sr natl boxing

New Delhi, Aug 27 (UNI) World Cadet champion Balbir Singh of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) continued his domination in the light-flyweight category with another easy win in the pre-quarterfinal bout in the 54th Senior Men National Boxing championship here today.

Balbir's outscored Chandigarh's Paramjeet in a one- sided contest which was stopped by the referee, when the Railwayman had taken a 23-3 lead in the third round.

Balbir straigtaway landed a couple of left jabs on Paramjeet as soon as the bout began and was leading 12-1 at the end of first round.

The Railwayman went for the kill in the second round and went ahead 21-3 and then the refree stopped the contest just a couple of seconds after the start of the third round with the score reading 23-3 in Balbir's favour.

Asian Cadet champion Sanjay Kolte of Services Sports Promotion Board (SSPB) also won a low scoring light-flyweight bout over Dilip of Jharkhand 17-6.

In the other 48kg bouts before rain interrupted the third day's proceedings, Salman of Maharashtra defeated Yelam of Manipur 34-16, Venkataraman of Karnataka outpunched Vikrant of Delhi 27-16, Amit of Haryana won a one-sided bout over Naresh of Himachal Pradesh 20-4 and Bishwajeet of Assam Rifles got the better of Krishna of Meghalaya 39-25.

Meanwhile, the third day's proceedings at the Karnail Singh Stadium were interrupted after heavy downpour caused water running into the judges' sitting area and drops of rainwater leaking over the ring.

Contest at the Ring Number one between Prem Prakash of Madhya Pradesh and K Chiranjivi of Andhra Pradesh was stopped in the first round after water leaked the ring but the bout between Mohammed Hanif of Goa and Shankar of Assam at Ring Number Two continued till the end.

UNI