Priya (female 60 kg), Paranjal Yadav (female 70 kg), Harsh (men’s 60 kg), Neeraj (men 75 kg), Rocky Chaudhary (men 85 kg) and Ishan Kataria (more than men’s 90 kg) confirmed the semi-finals with easy win in their respective matches.
Paranjal became the third boxer to convert the medal for India in the morning session after defeating China’s Menge Zhang in a tough match. Both boxers took an aggressive stand and the Indian boxer won 3–2 in a fragmented decision.
India has launched a strong party of 40 boxers in which there are 20 boxers in each age group.
In the evening session, Neeraj continued India’s victory campaign and defeated Jun-Zhang Lynn of Chinese Taipei 5–0 to enter the semi-finals.
Ishan Kataria defeated Iran’s Saidyusaf Mausvi, dominating when the referee stopped her in the middle and declared her winner.
On Monday, only Sagar lost in the men’s 55 kg quarter -finals.