World Championship bronze medallist Manish Kaushik, Asian Championship bronze medalist Mohammad Husamuddin, and Commonwealth Games champion Gauraf Solanki advanced to the quarterfinals of the Men’s National Boxing Championship. Representing the services sector, Kaushik (63.5kg) demonstrated his technical prowess over Andhra Pradesh’s Commonwealth Games silver medalist Sandeep Doni. Service representative Hussamuddin (57 kg) presided over the procedure to blank Lallawmawma from Mizoram.
Solanki (60kg) from Haryana put in a powerful performance to beat Harendra Singh of Madhya Pradesh.