Sumit & Narender crash out, Deepak & Hussamuddin cruises ahead at World C'ships

Indian pugilist Deepak 51kg stunned Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist and 2021 World Champion Saken Bibossinov on Sunday to reach the prequarterfinals at the IBA Menrsquos World Boxing Championships while Hussamuddin 57kg also registered a victory to advance to the quarterfinalsMeanwhile Sumit 75kg and Narender Berwal 92kg went down in their respective bouts to bow out of the tournamentSumit faced Russiarsquos Pavel Sosulin in his first bout at the ongoing IBA Menrsquos World Boxing Championships and made a bright start He used his powerful punches to good effect and took the first round by 32 before winning the second round by the same scoreline However he wasnt able to maintain the momentum in the final round and lost to Sosulin in a 13 split verdictOn the other hand Narender Berwal 92kg struggled to find his feet right from the first round against Fernando Arzola of Cuba He tried to land some heavy blows on his opponent but Arzola proved to be too quick for him in all three rounds of the match as the Indian pugilist went down by 05 unanimous decisionEarlier today Deepak started the bout slowly and took some time to get into the rhythm of the game but Bibossinov used it to his advantage and landed some punches The Indian boxer ended the first round strongly and hit his opponent with a flurry of punches but lost by 23Also ReadWorld Championships Deepak stuns Olympic medallist Hussamuddin enters lasteightAfter the second round Deepak was trailing before mounting a great comeback in the final round He picked up the pace and moved around swiftly throughout the bout while hitting his opponent with some hard blows Deepak evaded the Kazakh boxers punches consistently and impressed the judges to win by 52 after the decision went to bout reviewDeepak will face Zhang Jiamao of China in his next bout and will look to register another big win in the tournamentMy target was to play with patience since the start of the bout and gather as many points as I can The first two rounds were tough but I was focused on not losing my patience and waiting for the right moment to attack Coaches had told me to lure my opponent with the right punch before using my left hook to good effect It worked as I connect a lot of left hooks to get points Every bout is important for me and I play every match like its a final match for me I am focused on winning my next bout now commented Deepak after the victoryOn the other hand Hussamuddin faced Russiarsquos Savvin Eduard in the prequarters The Indian pugilist dominated the bout from the start and never gave any chance of a comeback to his opponentHussamuddin was quicker than his Russian opponent in the second round as well In the third round he kept on counterpunching smartly to register a 50 win He will go up against Bulgarias Javier Diaz Ibanez in the quarterfinals of the tournamentThe ongoing tournament is witnessing the participation of 538 boxers including several Olympic medallists from 107 countries