World Boxing Championships: Nishant Dev storms into pre-quarters | Boxing News – Times of India
Nishant, who was presented with a tough challenge initially, outpunched 2021 World Championships bronze medallist Sarkhan Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the 71kg category.
Nishant, who put up a world-class display of strength and supreme technique to secure a 5-0 victory, utilized his strategy of attacking from distance and landing a swift combination of punches to start the bout on the front foot.
The 22-year-old boxer from Karnal judged his opponent’s attacks well and defended sternly as he gave the Azerbaijani boxer no chance to execute his attacks. The southpaw, who hardly put a foot wrong throughout the bout, proved to be too quick for Aliyev.
Nishant will now face Lee Sangmin of South Korea in the next round. Having reached the quarter-finals of the competition in the last edition as well, the Indian will be aiming to go all the way this time round.
On Thursday, four Indian pugilists will take to the ring for their respective tournament openers. The 2022 Thailand Open champion Govind Sahani (48kg) will square off against Mehron Shafiev of Tajikistan while the 2019 Asian silver medallist Deepak Kumar (51kg) will face Luis Delgado of Ecuador.
Record six-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), who received a bye in the first round, will begin his campaign from the Round of 16 stage as he aims to add another World Championships medal to his kitty after bronze in the 2015 edition in Doha.
The bronze medallists of the 2022 Asian Championships, Narender Berwal (+92kg) and Muhammad Abroridinov of Tajikistan, who also got byes in the first round, will go head-to-head against each other.
The tournament is witnessing the participation of 538 boxers, including several Olympic medallists, from 107 countries.
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