03 September,2009 07:24 AM IST | | A Correspondent
It was a mixed day for Indian boxers at the XV AIBA World Boxing Championships yesterday with Olympic quarter-finalist Jitender Kumar being disqualified even as compatriot Jai Bhagwan won his first round bout here.
Jitender was disqualified in his bantamweight (54kg) first round bout against Anvar Yunosov of Tajikistan after the being given three warnings by the referee for three offences.
Jitender's frustration could well stem from a poor start, where the Indian lost the first and two rounds rather tamely 3:9 and 3-8 respectively. The score was 6-17 when Jitender was served his disqualification.
Jai Bhagwan however had no problems whatsoever in his first round (60 kg) bout against Venezuela's Angel Rodriguez.
The Indian dominated right from the first bell, winning the first round 3:1 and sweeping the second 4:0.
Rodriguez did stage a bit of a comeback in Round Three that ended 3:3 butu00a0 after 0:0 fourth round Bhagwan emerged a comfortable 10:4 winner.u00a0
u00a0Bhagwan is one of the lesser known figures in the nine-member Indian contingent that includes big names like Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Kumar, Olympians Akhil Kumar and Dinesh Kumar, World Youth Champion and Asian silver medalist Thokchom Nanao Singh.
