<p>Olympian Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Vikash Malik (60kg) fought through intense bouts to enter the pre-quarterfinals but Mandeep Jangra (69kg) bowed out after a stiff second-round contest on a mixed day for India in the World Boxing Championships here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>While Sumit stunned ninth seed Petru Ciobanu of Moldova 2-1, Vikash got the better of Poland’s Dawid Michelus by a similar margin to be just two wins away from ensuring a medal. <br /><br />Vikash opened the day for India and registered a hard-fought win over Michelus. Michelus won the opening round unanimously but the Indian came back strongly to clinch the second.<br /><br />In the intensely-contested final three minutes, Michelus began to lose the plot and ended up getting warned for head-butting and evasive tactics. That tilted the scales in Vikash’s favour, handing him the victory. Vikash will face fifth seed Miklos Varga of Hungary in the last-16 stage on Tuesday.<br /><br />Next up was Olympian Sumit and he continued his ascending march by stunning Ciobanu of Moldova.<br /><br />Sumit will now face eighth seed Siarhei Novikau of Belarus in the pre-quarters on Monday. <br />Mandeep Jangra (69kg) then took the ring against Serdar Hudaberdiyev of Turkmenistan and even he held a slender one-point lead after the opening round but a warning cost him dearly in the next. <br /><br />On Saturday, national champion Satish Kumar (+91kg) also booked a prequarters berth when he defeated Tajikistan’s Mirodzhidin Karimov 3-0 in the opening round. Satish will face Belarus’ Yan Sudzilouski in the next round.<br /><br />India has won just two medals at the World Championships thus far. <br /></p>
<p>Olympian Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Vikash Malik (60kg) fought through intense bouts to enter the pre-quarterfinals but Mandeep Jangra (69kg) bowed out after a stiff second-round contest on a mixed day for India in the World Boxing Championships here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>While Sumit stunned ninth seed Petru Ciobanu of Moldova 2-1, Vikash got the better of Poland’s Dawid Michelus by a similar margin to be just two wins away from ensuring a medal. <br /><br />Vikash opened the day for India and registered a hard-fought win over Michelus. Michelus won the opening round unanimously but the Indian came back strongly to clinch the second.<br /><br />In the intensely-contested final three minutes, Michelus began to lose the plot and ended up getting warned for head-butting and evasive tactics. That tilted the scales in Vikash’s favour, handing him the victory. Vikash will face fifth seed Miklos Varga of Hungary in the last-16 stage on Tuesday.<br /><br />Next up was Olympian Sumit and he continued his ascending march by stunning Ciobanu of Moldova.<br /><br />Sumit will now face eighth seed Siarhei Novikau of Belarus in the pre-quarters on Monday. <br />Mandeep Jangra (69kg) then took the ring against Serdar Hudaberdiyev of Turkmenistan and even he held a slender one-point lead after the opening round but a warning cost him dearly in the next. <br /><br />On Saturday, national champion Satish Kumar (+91kg) also booked a prequarters berth when he defeated Tajikistan’s Mirodzhidin Karimov 3-0 in the opening round. Satish will face Belarus’ Yan Sudzilouski in the next round.<br /><br />India has won just two medals at the World Championships thus far. <br /></p>