Jaismine storms into world boxing quarterfinal in Liverpool

Jaismine Lamboria advanced to the world boxing quarterfinals in Liverpool with a dominant win over Brazil’s Jucielen Romeu, while Abhinash Jamwal also progressed as Sakshi and Sanamacha exited the tournament

Hyderabad: World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist Jaismine Lamboria booked her quarterfinal spot in the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool with a dominant win over Brazil’s two-time Olympian Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu in the women’s 57kg category.

Jaismine and Romeu had earlier clashed in the gold medal bout in Astana, where the Indian prevailed after a close fight.

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In Liverpool, however, Jaismine dominated all three rounds to secure a 5:0 verdict and is now just one win away from a World Championships medal.

World Boxing Cup silver medallist Abhinash Jamwal also kept his campaign alive with a 5:0 win over Hugo Barron of Mexico in the men’s 65kg second round.

However, Sakshi bowed out in the women’s 54kg category after a 0:5 loss to Turkey’s Hatice Akbas in the round of 16.

Sanamacha Chanu’s campaign also ended with a 0:5 defeat to Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova.

Four Indian boxers will look to seal quarterfinal berths later on Monday. Sachin (men’s 60kg) faces Biibars Zhexen of Kazakhstan, Sumit (men’s 75kg) takes on Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria, Narender (men’s 90+kg) meets Diego Lenzi of Italy, while Neeraj Phogat takes on England’s Sacha Hickey in the women’s 65kg category.