Kaushik advances with ease

Pounds Kyrgyzstan’s Kadyrbek into submission in 63kg category

Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg) hardly broke a sweat as he out-punched Kyrgyzstan’s Uulu Argen Kadyrbek to enter the second round of the World men’s boxing championships here on Thursday.

Kaushik, who prevailed 5-0 in a thoroughly lop-sided opening-round bout, next faces the Netherlands’ Enrico Lacruz.

The only Indian in action on Thursday, Kaushik was advised to keep his distance from Kadyrbek by his corner and he executed the plan to perfection.

The first round was relatively uneventful before Kaushik took control of the proceedings with his accurately-placed combination punches.

It also helped that his rival was neither quick and nor had the ferocity in punches to cause any concern for the Indian, who got the unanimous nod of the judges.

On Tuesday, Brijesh Yadav (81kg) had won his opening bout, while Asian champion Amit Panghal (52kg), Asian silver-winning duo of Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) got first-round byes.

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