Earlier in the tournament LP Prasad edged past Kosie Tanaka of Japan in what was a tactical fight to the finish. He now battles against Bin LV of China for a place in the finals of the fly weight category on Thursday (06 Dec’12). Sandeep overpowered Azizjon Mamatov of Uzbekistan in a one-sided affair to make his place in the last four of the middle weight division. The 17 year old Haryana lad now rivals European Youth Championships silver medallist Magomed Madyiev of Russia.
The quarter-final clash in the super heavy weight category was the last
bout of the day, but Berwal made the wait worthwhile. Going up against a
more experienced boxer, the 18 year old was by no means fazed with the
achievements of his opponent. From the very beginning of the bout he
started to put pressure on the Russian with his aggressive intent.
Kabatov seemed completely out of sorts against the power play of the
Indian boxer.
The sluggish start put the 18 year old on the back foot;
soon he was down a 4 point deficit (1-5). The second round went to the
Cuban as well (1-2). In the third, Singh tried hard to get back in the
game and although he won the round (6-4) but was not able to catch up to
Cordero. He lost on points (8-11). Manoharan who was extremely please
with Narender’s result believed that Dheeraj was a bit unlucky not to
have been awarded more points. He stated, “Narender gave a good account
of his boxing skills; he was exceptional with his blocking and attacking
play, plus his footwork was also very good. Dheeraj also fought well,
unfortunately he lost. The score does not do justice to the way he
tackled the Cuban boxer, also I thought he should have been awarded a
few more points”.
Berwal quickly raced to a 7-2 lead with his quick fire counter jabs and combinations after the opening three minutes of play. Dominating the pace of the game he pressed on to increase the margin and made it a nine point game (14-5). By the end of the second round it was clear that the Indian was about to pull off an upset. He went on to beat Ivan with a margin of 10 points in the end (19-9). The Indian boxer's next opponent will be Germany's Florian Schulz who eliminated another favourite Yohandi Toirac of Cuba.
But Dheeraj Singh’s campaign at the Youth WC came to end at the hand of Cuban boxer Jorge Cordero. Cordero a Youth National Champion and a gold medallist at the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Tournament in Russia, beat AIBA Junior World Champion Asror Vohidov of Tajikistan and Armenia's European Junior Championships silver medallist Henrik Mokoyan to set up the clash with Dheeraj. A silver medallist at the 2012 Tammer International Tournament, Singh was slow to get off the mark and Cordero took complete advantage of it.
Berwal quickly raced to a 7-2 lead with his quick fire counter jabs and combinations after the opening three minutes of play. Dominating the pace of the game he pressed on to increase the margin and made it a nine point game (14-5). By the end of the second round it was clear that the Indian was about to pull off an upset. He went on to beat Ivan with a margin of 10 points in the end (19-9). The Indian boxer's next opponent will be Germany's Florian Schulz who eliminated another favourite Yohandi Toirac of Cuba.
But Dheeraj Singh’s campaign at the Youth WC came to end at the hand of Cuban boxer Jorge Cordero. Cordero a Youth National Champion and a gold medallist at the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Tournament in Russia, beat AIBA Junior World Champion Asror Vohidov of Tajikistan and Armenia's European Junior Championships silver medallist Henrik Mokoyan to set up the clash with Dheeraj. A silver medallist at the 2012 Tammer International Tournament, Singh was slow to get off the mark and Cordero took complete advantage of it.
