Telangana’s Hussamuddin enters quarters in Spanish boxing tournament
The second day of the tournament will see six Indian women boxers.
New Delhi: Nizamabad-born Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) made his way into the quarter-finals with a comfortable 4-1 scoreline against local boy Juan Manuel Torres on the opening day of Boxam International Tournament to enter quarter-finals in the 63kg light welterweight in Castellon, Spain.
The World Championships bronze medallist Manish Kaushik also made an impressive comeback in the ring as he outpunched Spanish opponent Raddouane Ammari 5-0 to enter quarter-finals in the 63kg light welterweight.
The 25-year-old Haryana boxer couldn’t compete in the ring since Asian Olympic Qualifiers held in March last year due to injuries and is making a return after more than a year’s break. He will take on two-time ASBC Asian Boxing Championships silver medallist Kazakhstan boxer Sufiullin Zakir in the last-8 round on Thursday while the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hassamuddin will face Italy’s Simone Spada. Zakir beat Abdelhaq Nadir of Morocco 3-1 in the preliminary round match.
The second day of the tournament will see six Indian women boxers Mary Kom (51kg), Jasmine and Manisha Moun (57kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) competing in the quarter-finals.
A 14-member Indian contingent (eight men and six women), including nine Olympic qualified and other top boxers, is taking part at the 35th edition of the tournament where boxers from 17 countries, including top boxing nations like Russia, USA, Italy, Kazakhstan and Spain, are participating.
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