Mohammad Hussamuddin sails into quarters

BELLARY: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) continued his rich form and stormed into the quarterfinals at the 5th Elite Men's National Boxing Championships at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary, Karnataka on Saturday.

Defending champion Hussamuddin, who is representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) was up against Chhattisgarh's Sahil in the pre-quarterfinal. Playing from a distance, Hussamuddin displayed smart and mature boxing and landed a lot of punches to secure a unanimous 5-0 win. He will face Rushikesh Goud of Maharashtra on Sunday.

In the other round-of-16 match in the 57kg category, Haryana's Sachin was up against Manipur's Jobison Yengkokpam. Sachin, the 2021 World Youth champion, who caused a huge upset on Friday by defeating World Championship medallist Gaurav Bidhuri made light-work of his opponent and comfortably won 5-0 to book his spot in the quarters.

Meanwhile, Goa's Roshan Zamir (54kg) defeated Suraj Bhan Singh of Rajasthan 3-2 in one of the closest bouts of the day that saw a lot of attacking intent but the former claimed victory after a dominant last round.

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