Hitesh stuns Okazawa, leads four other Indians into the last four

Hitesh Gulia managed a 3-2 upset win over Olympian and World championships silver medallist Sewon Okazawa of Japan in a 70kg quarterfinal bout as India continued its domination on the second day of the World Boxing Cup Finals on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium right here on Monday.

Jadumani Singh (50kg), Pawan Bartwal (55kg), Sumit Kundu (75kg) and Naveen Kumar (90kg) additionally gained their respective last-eight bouts to succeed in the semifinals and guarantee medals.

With each boxers adopting a cautious strategy, Hitesh was fortunate to persuade three judges within the first two rounds regardless of his restricted photographs.

A classy southpaw who displayed his gamesmanship and linked some good punches to take the third spherical 3-2, Okazawa misplaced within the total scoring.

A Mike Tyson fan, Bartwal staved off a powerful problem from Kazakh boxer Altynbek Nursultan, the Brazil leg World Cup champion, to document a 5-0 victory and safe his maiden worldwide medal.

Bartwal, who had impressed on his World championships debut in Liverpool, overcame his preliminary tentativeness to depend on his correct punching as he took the primary two rounds with an equivalent 4-1 verdict earlier than securing the third convincingly.

Vital outcomes: Quarterfinals: Males: 50kg: Izaz Omer (Aus) bt Slominski Bogdan (Pol) 4-1, Jadumani Singh bt Nurzat Ongarov (Kaz) 5-0; 55kg: Ellis Trobridge (Eng) bt Yelmir Nabiiev (Ukr) 3-2, Pawan Bartwal bt Altynbek Nursultan (Kaz) 5-0; 60kg: Seiitbek Munarbek Ullu (Kgz) bt Brach Pawel (Pol) 5-0; 70kg: Hitesh Gulia bt Sewon Okazawa (Jpn) 3-2, Yurii Zakharieiev (Ukr) bt Kan Chia Wei (Tpe) 3-2, Nurbek Mursal (Kaz) bt Ikhriiar Nishonov (Kgz) 3-2; 75kg: Javokhir Abdurakhimov (Uzb) bt Aman Konsbekov (Kaz) 4-1, Sumit Kundu bt Kim Hyeonate (Kor) 5-0; 90kg: Tutak Adam Jakub (Pol) bt Abduljabbar Ammar (Ger) 4-0, Nusratbek Tokhirov (Uzb) bt Bogdan Tolmachov (Ukr) 4-1, Naveen Kumar bt Bekzat Tangatar (Kaz) 5-0.