Narendra Berwal
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Indian player Narendra Berwal on Thursday made it to the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships. At the same time, Govind Sahni and Deepak Kumar also entered the pre-quarterfinals by registering victories. Narender, who reached the quarter-finals of the last World Championship (+92 weight), defeated Tajikistan’s Mohammad Aroridinov 4-1.
Narendra’s powerful punches had no answer for the Tajik boxer in the first round. Hisar’s Narendra won the match by adopting an aggressive strategy in the next two rounds. He will play against 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medalist Fernando Arzola of Cuba in the quarterfinals.
Earlier, last year’s Thailand Open winner Govind (48kg) and 2019 Asian silver medalist Deepak (51kg) won their respective bouts. Govind defeated Mehron Shafeev of Tajikistan 5-0. Whereas, Deepak defeated Luis Delgado of Ecuador by unanimous decision.