Gaurav Chauhan (91kg) assured himself of at least a bronze medal by being the only Indian boxer to register a victory on the opening day of the President's Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan. However, Deepak Singh (52kg) and Parveen Kumar lost their respective opening bouts to bow out of the competition. While national champion Deepak went down to Kyrgyzstan's Musaev, Parveen lost to local favourite Nurbolat Sermakhanov. The tournament features both men's and women's competition with close to 150 boxers vying for the top honours. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna June 05, 2017 12:33 UTC