<p>Sunil defeated local favourite Chang Yong 7-2 and now has a tough bout at hand as he would be up against Chinese Olympic Champion Zou Shiming. He is now assured of at least a silver and USD 2,000 in the ranking points event.<br /><br />The Haryana-boxer, competing in his first international tournament in over a year, took a slender 2-1 lead in the first round.Unfazed by the partisan crowd that got behind Yong, Sunil increased his lead to 6-2 in the second round before adding another point in the final three minutes.<br /><br />However, there was disappointment for the rest of the Indians in fray.<br />South Asian Games gold medallist Chhote Lal Yadav (57kg) lost 0-6 to Russian Polyansky Dimitry.Olympian Diwakar Prasad (60kg) also had to settle for a third-place finish after going down 2-6 to local favourite Liu Qiang.<br /><br />Diwakar was neck and neck with Chinese the until the first two rounds, trailing by just a point but lost the plot in the third round in which Dimitry picked up three points while the Indian failed to get on the scoresheet.<br /><br />Similar was Kuldeep's tale in the middle weight (75kg) semifinals. He was locked 2-2 with Zhang Jianting but a severe blow on his head on a counter-attack left him knocked out.<br />The Indian did manage to get up as the referee started the mandatory eight count but the hit had left him in no position to continue the bout.Two-time national champion Jasveer Singh (81kg) couldn't present much of a challenge against Chinese Mang Fen Long and went down 2-18 against the local hope.The China Cup features 102 boxers from 19 countries.</p>
<p>Sunil defeated local favourite Chang Yong 7-2 and now has a tough bout at hand as he would be up against Chinese Olympic Champion Zou Shiming. He is now assured of at least a silver and USD 2,000 in the ranking points event.<br /><br />The Haryana-boxer, competing in his first international tournament in over a year, took a slender 2-1 lead in the first round.Unfazed by the partisan crowd that got behind Yong, Sunil increased his lead to 6-2 in the second round before adding another point in the final three minutes.<br /><br />However, there was disappointment for the rest of the Indians in fray.<br />South Asian Games gold medallist Chhote Lal Yadav (57kg) lost 0-6 to Russian Polyansky Dimitry.Olympian Diwakar Prasad (60kg) also had to settle for a third-place finish after going down 2-6 to local favourite Liu Qiang.<br /><br />Diwakar was neck and neck with Chinese the until the first two rounds, trailing by just a point but lost the plot in the third round in which Dimitry picked up three points while the Indian failed to get on the scoresheet.<br /><br />Similar was Kuldeep's tale in the middle weight (75kg) semifinals. He was locked 2-2 with Zhang Jianting but a severe blow on his head on a counter-attack left him knocked out.<br />The Indian did manage to get up as the referee started the mandatory eight count but the hit had left him in no position to continue the bout.Two-time national champion Jasveer Singh (81kg) couldn't present much of a challenge against Chinese Mang Fen Long and went down 2-18 against the local hope.The China Cup features 102 boxers from 19 countries.</p>