Naman Tanwar, Neeraj Swami start on winning note

Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Naman Tanwar was among prominent names who made a winning start on second day of 4th Elite National Boxing Championships here on Saturday.

Last year's bronze medal winner Naman (91kg), representing Railways, showed superb form and fitness to tch up a 5-0 win against Ashish Bhandor of Himachal Pradesh.

Ashish was match for his opponent as Naman landed a flurry of accurate punches to silence local boxer.

President's Cup gold medallist Neeraj Swami (49 kg) also began his campaign in a dominant fashion against Meghalaya's Phiban Sohtun. diminutive boxer from Delhi attacked from beginning and landed some mighty blows on his opponent's face which forced referee to stop contest in first round.

India Open silver medallist Sumit Sangwan (91 kg), making a comeback, won his bout against Gujarat's Rizwan Ahmed comfortably as bout had to be stopped in first round itself.

Chandigarh's Vipin Kumar (49kg) and Punjab's Shiv Kant were involved in a highly entertaining bout as both boxers traded punches and displayed great attacking prowess. But Vipin got d of judges at end with a 3-2 verdict.

Assam's Irfan Khan blanked Kerala's Athul Raj 5-0 in light flyweight category.

After playing cautiously in first round, Irfan showed quick movement and footwork to control bout in last two rounds.

pugilists will compete in all ten weight categories -- 49kg, 52kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75 kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg -- as teams from Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar are participating for first time.