Boxers from Uttarakhand and Delhi dominated the boys and girls sections respectively in the pre-quarterfinals of the third sub-junior National championships here with five boys from Uttarakhand and six girls from Delhi reaching the last-eight.
Uttarakhand’s Aditya Mehra registered a RSC (referee-stops-contest) win in round one against Ansh of Haryana in the 35kg category. He is one of five from the state to make the last-eight, others being Pratham Chand (40kg), Prajwal Singh Bhandari (49kg), Naitik Prasad (58kg) and Yash Kapri (70+kg) with all barring Pratham winning by RSC.
Four each from Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur also advanced.