New Delhi: Sumit Sangwan blanked Israel’s Yossi Levi in his opening bout of the light middleweight category while six other Indians got first-round byes in the AIBA World Junior Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday.

Sumit Sangwan outpunched Levi 11-0 and will now take on Turkey’s Burak Aksim, who defeated Hungary’s Gabor Breznai 6-5 in a thrilling contest, in the pre-quarter finals.

It was smooth-sailing for the rest of the Indians as they got byes and are now into the pre-quarters. In the pinweight (46kg), Sandeep will take on Lithuania’s Kestutis Pukas on Monday. Gaurav Bhiduri will square off against Freddie Ortiz of Puerto Rico in the pre-quarter finals of the light flyweight (48kg).

Also Monday, Namit Bahadur will be up against Israel’s Viktor Barak in the flyweight (50kg), while Shiva Thapa (52kg), who registered a dominating first-round win Saturday, will take on Ukraine’s Yuriy Shestak in his last-16 stage bout.

A day after, Vikas Khatri will take the ring against Poland’s Przemyslaw Runowski in the bantamweight pre-quarters. Belarussian Andrei Mikhailau awaits Kuldeep (57kg) in the featherweight pre-quarters.

Akhil Kumar’s protégé, Mandeep Jangra, will make his international debut against Lithuania’s Ricardas Kuncaitis in the lightweight pre-quarters. (PTI)