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World number one Vijender Singh (75kg) out-slugged Korea’s Deokjin Cho to enter the semifinals and assure himself of at least a bronze medal in the boxing competition of the Asian Games here on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist got the better of Cho 13-2 in a one-sided contest at the Foshan Gymnasium here to take the total number of Indian boxers in semifinals to three — the other two being Dinesh Kumar (81kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg).
The dashing Haryana-pugilist,who won a bronze in the previous Asian Games in Doha,will now face Mohammad Sattapour of Iran in the semifinals.
Earlier in the day,Amandeep Singh blanked Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem to make the light flyweight 49kg quarterfinals. The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist will face Filipino Iii Victorio Saludar in the last-eight stage.
