Olympian Ashish Kumar posted a thumping 5-0 victory over a more experienced Travis Tapatuetoa of Niue in the round of 16 to advance to the men’s 80kg quarterfinals in the boxing arena of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday night.
Ashish, an Asian championships bronze medallist and a Thailand Open silver medallist, displayed his power-packed performance to beat Tapatuetoa and set up a quarterfinal clash with five-time British National champion and Youth Commonwealth Games gold medallist Aaron Bowen.
The Indian will meet the local favourite, who got the better of Nigerian Innocent Ehwarieme 5-0, on Wednesday.