World and Asian medallist boxer Shiva Thapa lived up to his billing with an emphatic win over Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch in a men’s 63.5kg first round bout at the National Exhibition Centre Hall-in the Commonwealth Games here on Friday.
Thapa posted a 5-0 win in a one-sided contest to fix a pre-quarterfinal date with another World championships bronze medallist, Scotland’s Reese Lynch, who out punched Kiribati’s Timon Aree with the referee stopping the contest.
The experienced Indian began confidently by landing solid left jabs and body shots from a distance. Thapa won the first round easily and continued to maintain his superiority using his fast hands.
