Boxing: Lovlina assures India a bronze at Astana

Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) was the lone Indian boxer to register a win in the President's Cup yesterday, advancing to the semi-finals and assuring herself of a medal in Astana, Kazakhstan. Borgohain defeated Isagulova of Kazakhstan to enter the medal round.

However, it was curtains for Siwi Boora (60kg) and Devanshu Jaiswal (81kg) who went down in their respective women's and men's quarter-finals. While Siwi lost to Volosenko, Devanshu was beaten by Nurmagambetov. Both their rivals were Kazakhs. Earlier, Gaurav Chauhan (91kg) assured himself of at least a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Erkin in the quarter-final to make the last-four stage.