<p>Reigning National and youth world champion Sarjubala Devi powered her way to the second round of the senior women’s national boxing championship after inflicting a crushing 29-7 defeat on Neetu on the opening day of the tournament, here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sarjubala, the nimble footed Manipuri girl, proved too strong for the Chandigarh girl in the light flyweight category as she produced a series of devastating punches - her cracking left hook being most lethal. <br /><br />The 21-year-old Mamta, last year’s nationals’ bronze medallist, opened her campaign with a comfortable win against Rekha Pradhan of Maharashtra. <br /><br />Pradhan had no answers to power hitting of the Haryana girl and hardly put up a fight. <br />In the same category, Gurharkirat Kaur of Punjab faced some challenge from Pynjanai Sancley of Meghalaya, but in the end the 24-year-old came through in fine fashion. <br /><br />She dominated proceedings in the final round of play with some swift combinations and took the game away from the Meghalaya boxers. <br /><br />The flyweight class also saw some power packed performances with Pinky Jangra playing for the Railways and Van Lal Duati of Mizoram marching into the round of 16.<br /><br />Both the fighters scored victories with an RSC (Referee stopped the contest) decision from the referee. <br /><br />2012 Asian Championship bronze medallist Jangra drubbed Neelam Singh of Chattisgarh while veteran boxer and former National champion Duati beat Neha Bhambu of Rajasthan. </p>
<p>Reigning National and youth world champion Sarjubala Devi powered her way to the second round of the senior women’s national boxing championship after inflicting a crushing 29-7 defeat on Neetu on the opening day of the tournament, here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sarjubala, the nimble footed Manipuri girl, proved too strong for the Chandigarh girl in the light flyweight category as she produced a series of devastating punches - her cracking left hook being most lethal. <br /><br />The 21-year-old Mamta, last year’s nationals’ bronze medallist, opened her campaign with a comfortable win against Rekha Pradhan of Maharashtra. <br /><br />Pradhan had no answers to power hitting of the Haryana girl and hardly put up a fight. <br />In the same category, Gurharkirat Kaur of Punjab faced some challenge from Pynjanai Sancley of Meghalaya, but in the end the 24-year-old came through in fine fashion. <br /><br />She dominated proceedings in the final round of play with some swift combinations and took the game away from the Meghalaya boxers. <br /><br />The flyweight class also saw some power packed performances with Pinky Jangra playing for the Railways and Van Lal Duati of Mizoram marching into the round of 16.<br /><br />Both the fighters scored victories with an RSC (Referee stopped the contest) decision from the referee. <br /><br />2012 Asian Championship bronze medallist Jangra drubbed Neelam Singh of Chattisgarh while veteran boxer and former National champion Duati beat Neha Bhambu of Rajasthan. </p>