Hangzhou, Sept 26: World championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev advanced to the boxing pre-quarterfinal in the 71kg category at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. He defeated Nepal’s Dipesh Lama in a dominating style and secured a 5-0 win to enter the Round of 32.Earlier, boxer Deepak won comfortably against Malaysia’s Muhammad Abdul to progress into the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s 51kg at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. Deepak scored an emphatic 5-0 win against the Malaysian boxer in the Round of 32. Arundhati Choudhary exited after losing to China’s Yung Liu 0-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s 60-66 kg weight category. Boxing at the Asian Games 2023 is also a Paris 2024 Olympics qualifier event. Only one boxer per country is eligible for quotas in each weight category.

