Nishant, Sanjeet advance as Rohit, Akash crash out

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.

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.

Also exiting the tournament was Sumit Kundu (75kg), who fought valiantly against Cuban Yoenlis Hernandez but lost 0-5. The gold winners at the showpiece will walk away with a prize money of USD 100,000. The silver medallists are to be given USD 50,000, and both bronze-medallists will be awarded USD 25,000 each. The total prize purse stands at a whopping USD 2.6 million.

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