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New Delhi: Jaismine Lamboria advanced to the quarter-finals on a day three Indian boxers were knocked out of the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.
In her women's 57kg round of 16 clash, she out-punched Brazil's Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu 5-0 late on Monday night. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Lamboria had earlier defeated her two-time Olympian opponent to win gold in Astana in July.
She began on a quieter note but began to assert dominance with a flurry of punches towards the end of the first round. Lamboria used her greater height to keep her aggressive opponent at bay in the second round and landed clean scoring shot to seal the contest in the third round.
If Lamboria beats her next opponent in the Asian Under-22 champion Khumorabonu Mamajonova of Uzbekistan, then she would be guaranteed of a medal.
In the men's section, Abhinash Jamwal moved into the round of 16 of thr 65kg category with a 5-0 win over Mexico's Hugo Barron.
But other Indian boxers in Sanamacha Chanu (70kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (54kg) and Neeraj Phogat (65kg) who went out in the round of 16 stage.
Sanamacha lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan's Natalya Bogdanova, while Sakshi went down to Paris Olympics silver medallist and two-time Worlds medallist Hatice Akbas on Turkey.
Phogat was beaten 3-2 by England's Sacha Hickey in the 65kg pre-quarters despite a bright start. He caught Hickey with a sharp uppercut while dealing with blows to his body.
Phogat's crisp, well-timed combinations despite a height disadvantage enabled to catch up with Hickey after the second round. But he couldn't do enough in the third and final round to get a majority verdict from the five judges.
Chaudhary took blows from the technically superior Akbas and also paid heavily for being inexperienced as she was docked two points for punching after the referee had called for a break in the opening round.
Chaudhary's punches lacked power and couldn't impose herself as she trailed throughout the bout.
