GUWAHATI, Dec 9 - Ace boxers of the country Shiva Thapa, Manoj Kumar and L Devendro Singh made a positive start in the Elite (Senior) Men�s National Boxing Championship. While Shiva won his opening bout yesterday, Manoj and Devendro clinched their first round matches today at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadiun here today.
Manoj, representing Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) outclassed Tamil Nadu�s Manikanadan 5-0 in welter (69kg) category. In the fly weight (52kg) category, Devendro representing Manipur, eked out a 3-2 win over Bhoj Raj of Uttar Pradesh to reach the second round.
Among others in flyweight, Roshan of Rajasthan, Niraj of Haryana and Uttarakhand�s Arvind emerged victorious while Buntee Singh of Delhi, A Malemnganga of Manipur and Sukhraj of Sikkim also reached the second round in bantamweight.
In light fly weight, Tamil Nadu�s Hari Krishanan defeated Palsarvesh of All India Police; Shayam Kumar, representing Railways Sports Promotion Board beat Pankaj Saini of Punjab under unanimous decisions. Neeraj from Delhi was given walkover by Meghalaya�s Pynskhemlang. Uttar Pradesh�s Gobind too reached the next round beating Suraj Raut of Bengal.
Neeraj of All India Police, Jammu and Kashmir�s Ashish, Meghalaya�s Tilok Budha notched up dominating 5-0 wins over their respective opponents in welter weight (69kg) category. Satpal Singh of Jharkhand, Mizoram�s Andy Chauha, Ankush Hudda of Chandigarh and Rocky of Haryana also progressed to the next round.
In the middle weight (75kg) category, Uttarakhand�s Sumit Kumar, Rajasthan�s Pritam Singh, Prabagaran of Pondicherry and Madhya Pradesh�s Dushyant also registered victories in the opening round.
In light heavy (81kg) division, Chirag of Delhi, Geeta Nanad of Himachal Pradesh and Dilip Yadav of Maharashtra also reached the second round.
In light welter weight, VP Shaun Mukesh of Tamil Nadu, Ashish of Haryana, RSPB�s Rohit and Rajasthan�s Pritam Singh advanced to the second round.
In light (60kg) division, Manish of SSCB and Sunil Chouhan of Uttar Pradesh notched up wins in their opening round bouts.
In heavy (91kg) weight category, Rohit Shinde of Manipur, Jasveer Singh of RSPB, Gaurav of MP and UP�s Vishawjit also progressed to the second round.
