India were off to a confident start at the Asian Boxing Championships with Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) beating Kazakhstan`s Makhmud Sabyrkhan in his opening bout to enter the quarterfinals, here on Monday.

Hussamuddin prevailed 5-0 against the 19-year-old two-time Asian youth champion. The Indian has a real tough one next up as he will meet reigning World and Asian Games champion Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov. Mirzahalilov is the top seed in the draw and is the defending champion as well.