Manoj joined 7th seed Vikas Krishan (75kg) as the second Indian in the pre-quarters. RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) stunned ex-Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas in a fiercely-contested opening bout to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Rio Games here. A former Asian bronze-medallist, Manoj will next be up against fifth seed Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the pre-quarters scheduled on Sunday. While Petrauskas, the London Olympics bronze winner in lightweight 60kg division, aggressively tried to engage the Indian from close range, Manoj preferred to back-peddle and hit from a distance. Evenly-matched on pace and agility, the two boxers were quite distinct in their attacking approach.

Source: Times of India August 11, 2016 11:03 UTC