DUBAI: India were off to a Positive start at the Boxing Championships with Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) beating Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan Within his opening bout to Go into the quarterfinals, here on Monday.

Hussamuddin prevailed 5-0 from the 19-year-old two-time Asian childhood winner. The Indian has a genuine tough one next upward as he’ll match reigning World and Asian Games winner Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov. Mirzahalilov is the best seed at the attraction and is still the defending winner also. The score-line may indicate differently, however Hussamuddin was secured in a gruelling fight with the child. The market of blows was ferocious as the two fighters set up a fun series. The Indian, but was a much better guardian than the Kazakh, that depended just too intensely on counter-attacks. On Tuesday, Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jasmine (57kg) and Sanjeet (91kg) will combat their various last-8 stage bouts in the function that will be jointly hosted with the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and the UAE Boxing Federation. The continental showpiece includes 150 pugilists in 17 states this season including powerful boxing countries like Uzbekistan, Philippines and Kazakhstan. India’s best-ever series in the Asian Championship had been at the 2019 variant in Bangkok at which the nation procured an unprecedented 13 awards including two gold, four silver and seven bronze.