Asian U19 Boxing Championships: Chandrika Pujari, Joyshree Devi hand India flying start in Jakarta

Chandrika Pujari and Joyshree Devi secured dominant victories to give India a perfect start at the U-19 Asian Boxing Championships in Jakarta. Four Indian male boxers, including Vishwanath Suresh, will begin their campaigns on Monday

Hyderabad: India opened its campaign at the under-19 Asian Boxing Championships in emphatic fashion as World Boxing Futures Cup gold medallist Chandrika Pujari and silver medallist Joyshree Devi registered dominant victories on the opening day in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Competing in the preliminary rounds, Chandrika outboxed Mongolia’s Lakham Tsendbaatar to secure a unanimous 5-0 victory in the girls’ 51kg category. Joyshree followed with an equally commanding display, forcing a second-round Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) against Chinese Taipei’s Chen Ning Hong in the girls’ 54kg division to book her place in the next round.

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India’s campaign continues on Monday with a strong quartet of U-23 men’s boxers set to enter the ring.

Asian champion Vishwanath Suresh (50kg) opens proceedings against Uzbekistan’s Amirbek Ismoilov, before Ganga (55kg) faces Mongolia’s Amgalanbaatar Bulgankhuu.

Sagar Jakhar (60kg) then takes on Japan’s Koichi Nakayama, while Hitesh (70kg) rounds off the day’s action against Chinese Taipei’s Jun-Zhanglin as India looks to build on its impressive start in Jakarta.