Vishvanath, Akash and Preet storm into semis

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Vishvanath Suresh, Akash Gorkha and Preet Malik advanced to the men's U-22 semi-finals after convincing wins in their respective bouts at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships on Tuesday.

Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) beat Iran's Hassani Seyedarsham 5-0 in a one-sided quarter-final bout. Senior national champion Akash (60kg) outclassed Ebadi Arman of Iran with an identical 5-0 scoreline.

Preet (67kg) finished the bout with a Referee Stopping the Contest (RSC) decision in the first round itself against Vietnam's Nguyen Duc Ngoc.

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