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Indian Boxer Nishant Dev para Olympic Qualifier dey jeet logot shuruwat kurishey

Bangkok, 6 March : World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev para India le 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier dey taikhan laga agey jeet dishey, Britain laga Lewis Richardson ke ekta 3-1 split faisla para mota laga 71kg category dey haraina Busto Arsizio, Italy dey. Nishant toh shuruwat para hi aggressive thakishey 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist laga khilaf, aro first round 4-1 jitishey Tuesday dey. Itu 23-saal Indian toh second round dey bishi dominant hui jaishey tai laga lamba reach chulaina aro kunwa effective right hooks deliver kurina aaram para 5-0 jitishey.

Tai third round dey bhi ekta controlled performance dishey aro tai laga opponent haat para bishi attacks avoid kurisheh kitia tai laga lead pachawoley kosis kuri thakishey aro 64 bout laga round toh ekta split decision para jitishey.

Six-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), ekta first-round haar paishey, Uzbekistan laga reigning World Champion Ruslan Abdullaev laga khilaf.

Nine Indian boxers para six jun toh tournament para first-round exits kurishey itia tak.

Boxers khan kun yatey quotas pawoleh naparey, taikhan Paris dey final chance pawo second World Olympic Boxing Qualifier homoi, kuntu Bangkok dey May 23 para June 3 tak luwoley asey. 45 aro 51 boxers nishna dey Bangkok meet karney qualify huwo.

Four Indians — Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) aro Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) — itia tak Paris quotas paishey Asian Games dey jaa saal.