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Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament: The Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal, National champion Akash and men’s National bronze medallist Abhimanyu put up stellar shows to move into the quarterfinals of the 75th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday.

Amit (51kg) had Rudyk Maksym’s challenge to tackle as he eyed his place in the quarters. The experienced campaigner quickly got into his groove and his ability to efficiently get into the attacking position was on display throughout the bout.

The first two rounds were all about taking on the opponent, while in the third round, Amit employed his defensive tactics to frustrate his Ukrainian opponent and capitalise on his errors, advancing to the quarterfinals with a dominant 5-0 unanimous decision win. Amit will face Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia on Friday.