Akash was once going through Fu Mingke of China within the spherical of 32 event. The Indian boxer was once sooner than Fu, proper from the beginning and landed some heavy blows on his opponent. Akash performed from distance and avoided Fu’s punches during the bout.
The final spherical noticed a determined try from the Chinese boxer to mount a comeback however Akash very easily handled him and gained 5-0 by way of unanimous resolution. He will tackle Kazakhstan’s Dulat Bekbauov within the last-16 level on Tuesday.
In the Light middleweight spherical of 32 bout, Nishant Dev squared off towards South Korea’s Lee Sangmin. The Indian boxer, who had defeated global bronze medalist Sarkhan Aliyev of Azerbaijan within the earlier spherical confirmed his technical versatility these days. He performed the endurance recreation within the first spherical and gauged the method of his opponent whilst touchdown sufficient punches to win the spherical.
The final two rounds noticed each the pugilists alternate some heavy blows however Nishant was once the extra correct of the 2 boxers and secured a unanimous 5-0 win for India. The southpaw will likely be up towards Palestine’s Foqahaa Nidal within the pre-quarterfinal on Tuesday.
On Sunday, 4 Indians- Deepak (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Sumit (75kg) and Narender (92+kg) will likely be in motion.
Deepak will face Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and 2021 World Champion Saken Bibossinov within the spherical of 32 match-up while Hussamuddin will battle it out towards Russia’s Savvin Eduard within the pre-quarterfinals. Sumit will get started his marketing campaign within the spherical of 32 bout towards Russia’s Pavel Sosulin whilst Narender will sq. off towards Arzola Lopez of Cuba within the last-16 level.
The ongoing event is witnessing the participation of 538 boxers, together with a number of Olympic medalists, from 107 nations.