NEW DELHI: Vijender Kumar beat Thailand's Angkhan Chomphuphuang in the 75kg middle-weight bout to advance to the quarter-finals of boxing competition at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday.
Vijender beat Angkhan 13:3 in the round of 16 to join two more Indian boxers Akhil Kumar (54kg) and Jitender Kumar (51kg) in the quarter-final stage.
Vijender Kumar had beaten Jack Badou of Gambia in the round of 32 to advance to the pre-quarterfinals.
Earlier, Jitender Kumar swamped his Uzbek counterpart Tulashboy Doniyorov 13-6 in an ill-tempered bout to amble into the quarter-final of the 51kg event on Saturday.
Jitender, on his maiden Olympic trip, thus became the second Indian boxer to put himself just one win away from an Olympic medal, following in the footsteps of cousin and mentor Akhil Kumar who reached the 54kg quarter-finals on Friday.
Jitender meets three-time European champion Russian Georgy Balakshin in the quarter-finals on August 20. The Indian had lost to him in 2007 World Championship by just one point.
Vijender beat Angkhan 13:3 in the round of 16 to join two more Indian boxers Akhil Kumar (54kg) and Jitender Kumar (51kg) in the quarter-final stage.
Vijender Kumar had beaten Jack Badou of Gambia in the round of 32 to advance to the pre-quarterfinals.
Earlier, Jitender Kumar swamped his Uzbek counterpart Tulashboy Doniyorov 13-6 in an ill-tempered bout to amble into the quarter-final of the 51kg event on Saturday.
Jitender, on his maiden Olympic trip, thus became the second Indian boxer to put himself just one win away from an Olympic medal, following in the footsteps of cousin and mentor Akhil Kumar who reached the 54kg quarter-finals on Friday.
Jitender meets three-time European champion Russian Georgy Balakshin in the quarter-finals on August 20. The Indian had lost to him in 2007 World Championship by just one point.
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