World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev gave India its first win at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier, defeating Britain’s Lewis Richardson, 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, by a 3-1 split decision in the men’s 71kg category here. Nishant was aggressive right from the word go against Lewis. The 23-year-old Indian became even more dominant in the second round using his long reach and delivered some effective right hooks to comfortably win 5-0.

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