New Delhi, Nov 16 (Boxing News) Asian youth medallists Deepak and Vanshaj made winning starts to their campaigns on the opening day of the IBA Youth men's and women's World Boxing Championships in La Nucia, Spain.

After Vishwanath Suresh opened India's campaign with an impressive win earlier in the day, Deepak (75kg) came out all guns blazing and took just over a minute to beat his Albanian opponent Useid Nika with the Referee Stops Contest verdict. Vanshaj, on the other hand, also began in similar fashion and looked in complete control against Uzbekistan’s Boltaev Shavkatjon in the 63.5kg opening round match.

His dominating display throughout the contest made all five judges vote in his favour as he registered a resounding 5-0 win.

Haryana boys Vanshaj and Deepak had clinched gold and bronze medals respectively in the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships, held in Jordan earlier this year.

Five Indians, including two men, will begin their challenge on the second day of the prestigious championships.

While Lashu Yadav (70kg) and Pranjal Yadav (81kg) will play their round-of-16 matches against Poland’s Marta Czerwinska and Uzbekistan’s Oltinoy Sotimboeva respectively, Preeti Dahiya (57kg) will take on Colombia’s Claudia Daniela in the Round-of-32.

In the men’s section, Ashish will face Iran’s Nima Bayati in round-of-32 whereas Harsh will be up against Hungary’s Levente Olah in the 60kg Round-of-64.

Indian boxers produced a historic show in the last edition of the championships when they bagged 11 medals, including eight gold.

This year’s 25-member contingent consists of 13 men and 12 women pugilists. 

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News Source : PTI