Four Indian boxers will look to seal a quarterfinal berth at the AIBA Men's World Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia as the pre-quarterfinal action begins on Tuesday, 17 September. Leading the charge will be Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal (52 kg) as he seeks his first medal from the World Championships.
The Asian champion, seeded second at this tournament, will hope to sail into the last-eight when he takes on Turkey's Batuhan Citfci.
Indian Boxers in Action on Tuesday
- 52kg: Amit Panghal vs Batuhan Citfci (Turkey), 4:15pm IST
- 63kg: Manish Kaushik vs Chinzorig Baatarsukh (Magnolia), 5:30pm IST
- 91kg : Sanjeet Singroha vs Sanjar Tursunov (Uzbekistan), 6:30pm IST
- 57kg: Kavinder Bisht vs Arslan Khataev (Finland), 8pm IST
In an attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the world event for the second consecutive edition, Asian Championships silver medallist Kavinder Singh Bisht (57 kg) will lock horns with Finland's Arslan Khataev. The fifth seed had made a splash the last time when he knocked out two-time World Championships medallist Mohamed Flissi of Algeria on his way to the quarter-finals, and will hope to keep that run going this time.
Also in contention for a spot in the last-eight stage will be Manish Kaushik (63 kg) and Sanjeet (91 kg). While Manish will face Mongolia's fourth seed Chinzorig Baatarsukh, Sanjeet will take on Uzbekistan's second seed Sanjar Tursunov, whom he had got the better of at the 2018 India Open.
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