HYDERABAD: Olympian Diwakar Prasad of Railways got the better of international Lalit of Haryana in the feather weight category preliminary round of the 53rd senior National boxing championship for men at the Swarnandhra Pradesh indoor stadium (Gachibowli) here on Wednesday.

Light-footed movements

Diwakar unleashed a flurry of straight jabs, which repeatedly caught the opponent off-guard.

Drawing from his vast experience, the Railway boxer literally dished out an object lesson in the art of scoring points when it mattered most with his light-footed movements and clinched the verdict with the referee stopping the contest in the third round.

The results:

Preliminary round: Fly: Himanshu (Utr) bt Jitender Singh (Guj) 25-7; Mukesh Kumar (Chd) bt V.S. Naik (Goa) 25-14; Jitender (Har) bt Ashwini Sharma (Police) 18-16; Abhishek Shah (UP) bt Nilesh (Mah) 17-6.

S.B. Thapa (Assam Rifles) bt M. Shayalan (Meg) 31-9; Hemanth Kumar (Jhar) bt Parvash (Sik) RSC fourth round: Raj Kumar (Kar) bt K. Santosh (AP) RSC second round: H.K. Belawal (Ser) bt Shiva Singh (HP) RSC second round.

Feather: Amit (Guj) bt M. Dilip (Pondy) RSC first round; Diwakar Prasad (Rlys) bt Lalit (Har) RSC third round; A.L. Lakra (Ser) bt Kukhi Sumi (Naga) RSC second round.

Ongyal L.N. Vuite (Mizo) bt Sherpa (Sik) on pts; Mohit Patak (MP) bt Paris Singh (Man) 24-13; Amandeep Singh (Police) bt Sunil (BSF) 16-13; Ajit Kumar (Dli) bt S. Chiannakesava Reddy (AP) 21-9; Chotu Raj (Jhar) bt Akram (UP) 24-5.

Lt welter: R. Raju (Chatt) bt S. Rabbani (Steel Plant) 21-9; Suman (Chd) bt Santosh (Goa) RSC second round; Jai Singh Patil (Ser) bt S.B. Tamang (Assam Rifles) disqualified.

Middle: Sukhender (Jhar) bt Kunga (Sik) RSC third round; Harinder (Police) bt Manoj (Chd) RSC third round; Vijay Kumar (Har) bt Rajesh Singh (Man) 23-23 on individual scores (53-47); Rahul Kumar (Dli) bt Ram Ratan (CISF) RSC third round.

Lt heavy: Mahender Thapa (Ser) bt Sukhwinder (Assam Rifles) RSC 3rd round; Vijay Kumar (Rlys) bt Vinod (Sikkim) RSC first round; Jasbir (Dli) bt Ram Singh (Police) 18-8.

Gurdev (Arunachal) bt Vikas Singh (Chd) 23-15; Vinod Kumar (MP) bt Vijay Kumar (Mah) 23-1; Jasbir (UP) bt S. Pajani (Pondy) RSC third round.

Heavy: Kishen Kumar (Har) w\o Arun (J&K); Johnny (Assam) bt Suraj (Maha) RSC second round; Amar (Chd) bt Rohti (Nag) 20-11; Manpreet (Ser) bt Akbar (TN) RSC second round; Ajay Kumar (Rlys) bt Madhu Kumar (Kar) 27-3; Manoj Kumar (Dli) bt Amanjit RSC 3rd round; Gurpreet (WB) bt Hardeep (Chd) RSC second round; Raj Kumar (BSF) bt Kailash (Arunachal) 16-15.

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