South Asian Games gold medallist Chhote Lal Yadav bowed out of the men’s national boxing championship after losing his quarterfinal bout 11-17 to Manipur’s S Santosh Singh. Chhote Lal was slow off the mark and Singh took complete advantage of his sluggish start. Last year’s bronze medallist V Durga Rao of Karnataka made a place in the penultimate round with a victory over Yudh Veer of Madhya Pradesh. He will now compete against Haryana state champion Ajay Kumar in semis. CWG bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of Railways and 2009 Asian Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of Services continued their winning streak and advanced to semifinals in light fly section. Amandeep defeated Salman Anwar Shaikh of Maharashtra while Nanao overpowered Vinod Kumar of SPSB.