Indian boxers Aditya Maan (66kg) and Ashish (63kg) made their way into the quarter-finals of the Aiba junior world boxing championships with contrasting wins in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday.
But it was disappointment for 2013 junior Asian Championship bronze-medallist Vishnu Dayanand Chayal (57kg) — the third Indian in the pre-quarters — as he ended up on the losing side.
Maan, also a bronze medal winner at the junior continental championships earlier this year, booked a place in the pre-quarters beating Hungarian boxer Laszlo Kozak in a close contest.
In the Round of 16, up against Javier Estrada from the USA, Maan made a strong start, taking the fight to the American. The Indian gained a clear advantage and put Estrada on the back-foot with some cracking straight punches.
He did not allow his opponent to come close and went on to win by virtue of a unanimous decision. In the quarters, he will lock horns with Cassio Olivera Santos of Brazil.
In the light welterweight division, Ashish, in his very first international tournament, created a flutter in his opening round bout as he got rid of Marcel Rumpler from Austria in the second round winning by virtue of a RSC OC decision (Referee Stopped Contest — Outclassed).