With the unexpectedly early exit of Olympians Jitender and Diwakar Prasad,the fans gathered to take in the action on the second day of the AK Misra boxing championship wouldve been hoping for better fare from the Indian contingent.
Young Nanao Singh gave them reason to cheer. The boxer,who was the first Indian to win a gold at the AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships,outclassed Pramjeet Singh of Chandigarh 11-1 in a one-sided flyweight match to make it to the semi-finals.
Balwinder,Youth Commonwealth Games 2008 gold medalist,snuffed out the challenge of Kazakhstans Mustafin 9-7 to reach the semi-finals of the light welterweight category. Earlier,Bajrang,who upset World Military Games gold medalist P Narjit Singh on Thursday,failed to repeat his performance and bowed down 8-3 to Torak Kharpran.
Results: Quarter-finals: Light Fly 48kg: Madan HAR bt Faud Md Redzuan 14-0,M Hussain RSPB bt Salman Shaikh YCI 15-13,Mahmudov Alisher UZB bt Amandeep Singh PUN 5-3,Nanao Singh SSCB bt Pramjeet Singh CHD 11-1; Fly 51kg: Mukesh Kumar 9CHD bt Vikrant Kalosia RSPB 14-0,Sunil Kumar HAR bt Amadov Batyr TKM 16-1,Surjoy Singh SSCB bt D R Wijerathna SRI 11-1,Sanjay Singh YCI bt Abhishek Shah AIP 8-2; Bantam 54kg: Shayimov Orzubek UZB bt Kulwinder Singh PUN 7-2,Torak Kharpran MEG bt Bajrang HAR 8-3; Feather 57kg: Chhotelal Yadav SSCB bt Prakash Gurung MEG 2-2; Light 60kg: Jai Bhagwan HAR bt Pradip AIP 2-0,Light Welter 64kg: Balwinder YCI bt Mustafin KAZ 9-7 ,Manoj RSPB bt Richarno Colin MRI 11-6,Welter 69kg: Dilbagh RSPB bt Uralov Doniyor KAZ 7-3.