Mohammad Hussamuddin & Naveen Kumar advance to pre-quarter finals of IBA Men’s World Championships

Tashkent: In Boxing, Asian and Commonwealth games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin and Naveen Kumar have advanced to the pre-quarter finals of the IBA Men’s World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 

Yesterday, in the round of 32 bout, Hussamuddin defeated China’s Lyu Ping 5-0 in 57 kg category while Naveen Kumar beat Lee Sangmin of South Korea 5-0 in 92 kg category. Hussamuddin will



next take on Russia’s Savvin Eduard while Naveen to face 2021 World Championships bronze medallist Emmanuel Reyes of Spain in the pre-quarterfinals.

Today two Indian boxers will be in action in their round of 32 bout. Akash (67kg) will face China’s Fu Mingke whereas Nishant Dev (71kg) will take on Korea’s Lee Sangmin.