Shiva defeated local favourite Erik Huleiv in a unanimous verdict to enter the last-four stage last night. While Sumit defeated Czech Republic's Jiri Horky, Manish got the better of Belgium's Yassine Aydir. Entering the last-eight stage owing to opening-round byes were Satish Kumar (+91kg), Manoj Kumar (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (64kg). The World Championships-bound boxers are Amit, Kavinder, Gaurav, Shiva, Manoj, Sumit and Satish. Vikas Krishan (75kg) has also qualified for the mega- event but he is not travelling with the team right now.
Source: dna July 27, 2017 05:48 UTC