Nishant Dev
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Expansion
Indian boxers Akash Sangwan (67kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) put up impressive performances to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent on Saturday. Akash landed quick punches against Chinese boxer Fu Mingqi and broke his defense. The Chinese boxer tried to make a comeback but could not prevent Akash from winning 5-0.
Akash will next play against Dulat Bekbayov of Kazakhstan. Nishant is up against Lee Seongmin of South Korea. The Indian boxer won the first round comfortably and continued his good form in the next two rounds to win 5-0. He will play Nidal in the pre-quarterfinals.
On Sunday, Deepak (51kg), Mohd Hussamuddin (57kg), Sumit (75kg) and Narendra (+92kg) will compete in their respective bouts.