Manoj Kumar enters Rio boxing pre-quarters
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar defeated Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas, in his opening bout in the men’s light welter 64 kg category at Rio on Wednesday. Kumar has now qualified for the pre-quarterfinals, in which he will face fifth-seed Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov on Sunday. Earlier, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav had also qualified for the pre-quarters, in the 75 kg category.