World Championships silver medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) defeated Carlo Paalam of Philippines 4-1 to secure the sixth quota for India at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by entering the semifinals of the Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers here on Monday. World Championships bronze medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg), however, went down 2-3 to third seed and Asian Games silver medallist Chinzorig Baatarsukh of Mongolia in a hard-fought quarterfinal.

Kaushik can still fulfil his Olympic dream as with six boxers qualifying from 63kg, he will get one more chance with a box-off opportunity, where the losing quarterfinalists will get yet another shot. Manish will face Harrison Garside of Australia in the box-off bout on Wednesday and a win will secure his Olympic quota.