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5 boxers, including Vijender, assured of medals at CWG

Vijender (75kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg) and L Devendro Singh (49kg) came up with dominating victories in the men’s competition, while L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pinki Jangra (51kg) entered the last four of the women’s event. Vijender, the 2008 Olympic bronze-medallist, outclassed Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Prince, winning 3-0 on points in a unanimous decision.

The first round was a bit subdued with both the boxers trying to get a measure of each other.

Vijender was the more defensive of the two in the opening three minutes. In the second round though, Vijender picked up pace and caught his rival off guard with a flurry of punches for which Prince had no response. A straight jab and then a right hook from Vijender rattled Prince. The tempo continued in the third round and Vijender won comfortably in the end.

World no. 3 Devendro outclassed Aqeel Ahmed of Scotland to advance to the medal round. Mandeep, on the other hand, literally walked into the last four after his rival, Daniel Lewis of Australia, was declared unfit to fight due to a cut above his eye.

Sarita Devi came from behind to outsmart Charlene Jones of Wales 3-1 in a hard-fought quarterfinal bout. Pinki Jangra outclassed her Papua New Guinea opponent Jacquiline Wangi 3-0.
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