India's female pugilists Anamika and S.Kalavani made their way into the semifinals of the ongoing 74th Strandja Memorial International Boxing Tournament here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anamika (50kg) faced Brazil's Caroline de Almeida in the quarterfinal and started the bout with an aggressive approach. She displayed swift movement and landed a flurry of punches on her opponent to gain an early lead in the first round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She used the same approach in the second round and didn't give any opening to the opponent on her way to register a comfortable 5-0 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
S.Kalavani also looked confident and dominated the proceedings against Florencia Lopez of Argentina since the start of the match. The Indian boxer attacked relentlessly and took an early lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lopez tried to fight back in the last round but Kalavani displayed solid defence and counter-attacked en route to her 4-1 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, three female pugilists bowed out of the tournament as Jyoti, Vinakshi and Simranjit lost their respective quarterfinal bouts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jyoti (52 kg) went down 2-3 against Romane Moulai of France in a tough bout, while Vinakshi (57kg) lost 1-4 to USA's Alyssa Mendoza. Brazil's Beatriz Ferreira beat Simranjit 4-1 in the women's 60kg division.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Later on Friday night, three boxers will be in action in quarters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bishwamitra (51 kg) will take on Jordan Roach USA, while Mahi Lamba will face the Dutch pugilist Keona Sam-Sin in the women's 63 kg category. Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hussamuddin (57kg) will square off against Artur Bazayan of Armenia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Late on Thursday night, two Indian male pugilists made their way into the semi-finals of the tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2021 World Youth Champion Sachin notched up a 4-1 win against Muzafarov Shakhzod of Uzbekistan in the 54kg category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2022 National champion Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) outclassed the two-time Asian champion Nodrijon Mirzakhmedov of Uzbekistan 5-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2021 World Youth Champion Sachin notched up a 4-1 win against Muzafarov Shakhzod of Uzbekistan in the 54kg category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n