Three Indian boxers enter quarters of world youth boxing

Three Indian boxers, including reigning champion Nitu (48kg), advanced to the quarterfinals of the world youth championships in Budapest.

Anamika (51kg), who did not get a first-round bye, entered the pre-quarters after beating Bulgaria's Goryana Stoeva in her opening bout 5-0 last night.

Among the three who made the quarters, two were from the men's draw.

Asian bronze-medallist Bhavesh Kittamani (52kg) and S Barun Singh (49kg) advanced to the last eight with identical victories.

Nitu, on the other hand, pummelled her opponent -- Bulgaria's Aynurova Zakifova -- prompting the referee to stop the contest in the Indian's favour in the third round.

Bhavesh also claimed a dominating 5-0 win over Iran's Mobin Alaee, while Barun defeated Uzbekistan's Sodirbek Komolmirzaev by a similar scoreline.

There was disappointment as well with Nitin Kumar (75kg) going down in a split 1-4 verdict to Uzbekistan's Navo Tamazov.