<p class="title">Indian boxers Amit Panghal (49kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) advanced to the quarterfinals after notching up comprehensive wins in their opening bouts of the Commonwealth Games on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tanwar defeated Tanzania's Haruna Mhando in a lopsided unanimous verdict to make the last-eight stage in the afternoon session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the evening session, Amit got the better of Ghana's Tetteh Sulemanu in another one-sided bout that ended in judges ruling unanimously in the Indian's favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 19-year-old Tanwar, making his debut at the Games, is a bronze-medallist from the World Youth Championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had defeated reigning Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the trials to make the squad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit, on the other hand, is chasing a third successive international gold medal, having claimed top finishes at the India Open and the Strandja Memorial Tournament before coming here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, 2010 CWG gold-medallist Manoj Kumar had won his opening bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the welterweight 69kg category.</p>
<p class="title">Indian boxers Amit Panghal (49kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) advanced to the quarterfinals after notching up comprehensive wins in their opening bouts of the Commonwealth Games on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tanwar defeated Tanzania's Haruna Mhando in a lopsided unanimous verdict to make the last-eight stage in the afternoon session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the evening session, Amit got the better of Ghana's Tetteh Sulemanu in another one-sided bout that ended in judges ruling unanimously in the Indian's favour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 19-year-old Tanwar, making his debut at the Games, is a bronze-medallist from the World Youth Championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had defeated reigning Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the trials to make the squad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit, on the other hand, is chasing a third successive international gold medal, having claimed top finishes at the India Open and the Strandja Memorial Tournament before coming here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, 2010 CWG gold-medallist Manoj Kumar had won his opening bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the welterweight 69kg category.</p>