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Nishant, Sanjeet advance as Rohit, Akash crash out
Updated On: 02 November, 2021 07:10 AM IST | Belgrade | PTI
However, Rohit Mor (57kg) went down to Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov 1-4. Akash Sangwan (67kg) too lost 0-5 to Cuba’s former world youth champion Kevin Brown Bazain in a fight that left both the boxers with bloodied faces.
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India’s Nishant Dev delighted after winning the 71kg pre-quarterfinal against Mexico’s Alvarez Verde in Serbia on Sunday. Pic/PTI
Indian boxers Nishant Dev (71kg) and Sanjeet (92kg) made the quarter-finals following impressive victories but three others bowed out of the AIBA Men’s World Championships after losing their Last-16 stage bouts here on Monday.
Nishant defeated Mexico’s Marco Alvarez Verde 3-2 in a late night bout on Sunday to set up a clash with Russia’s Vadim Musaev. Sanjeet, a quarter-finalist from the previous edition, got the better of Georgia’s Giorgi Tchigladze 4-1 to enter the last eight stage for a second successive time.
He will face Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine.
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