Boxing Olympic Qualifiers: Ashish Kumar,Manish Kaushik and Sachin Kumar advance into the quarterfinals

In Boxing, Ashish Kumar (75kg), Manish Kaushik (63 Kg) and  Sachin Kumar (81kg) advance into the quarterfinals of  Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifiers in Amman yesterday.  All  of them, now need one more win to secure their Tokyo Olympic tickets.

?Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Kumar (75kg) knocked out the fourth seed Bekzhigit Uulu Omurbek of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 while World Championships bronze medallist Manish Kaushik beat  Chinese Taipei's Lai Chu-En by the same scoreline to move into the quarter-finals. Sachin Kumar (81kg)  thrashed Samoa's Ioapa Dee by 5-0. 

?Ashish will next face Indonesia's Maikhel Roberrd Muskita  while Manish Kaushik (63kg) next faces third seed and Asian Games silver medallist Chinzorig Baatarsukh of Mongolia for a place in the semifinals.

?Today, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Naman Tanwar (91kg) will start their quest.

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