October 1, 2011 6:12 PM

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Vijender, Jai Bhagwan to play first round at AIBA Championship

Indian pugilists, Vijender Kumar and Jai Bhagwan will play their first round matches at the AIBA World Boxing Championship in Azerbaijan on Saturday.Vijender Kumar will take on Emilio Correa of Cuba in the Men's 75 kilogram middle weight category and Jai Bhagwan will face Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the Men's 60 kilogram lightweight category.On Friday, Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Manoj Kumar became the sixth Indian boxer to advance to the second round of this Championship. He notched up a comfortable 17-11 win over Valentino Knowles of the Bahamas in his opening round bout of the Men's 64 kilogram light welterweight category.

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