Olympics Boxing: Devendro Singh storms into quarterfinals

Devendro Singh of India defeated Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia 16-11 in the pre-quarter finals of the Men's Light Fly (49kg) category boxing event of the London Olympics on Saturday.

London: Devendro Singh of India defeated Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia 16-11 in the pre-quarter finals of the Men's Light Fly (49kg) category boxing event of the London Olympics 2012 on Saturday.

3rd Round Devendro wins the 3rd set 8-6. Overall, he wins the match 16-11. Devendro tries to consolidate his lead in this round. 2nd Round Devendro win 4-2. Overall, he leads 8-5. Devendro comes up with his customary attacking play. Very offensive play by the man from Manipur. The opponent is already in defensive mode. 1st Round Devendro wins 1st Round 4-3. Like the last match he performed really well. The player has class. Really good start for the Indian. India's Devendro Singh takes on Serdamba Purevdorj of Mongolia in the pre-quarter finals of the Men's Light Fly (49kg) catagory boxing event . The round of 16 starts in a short while from now. Earlier, Indian boxer Laishram Devendro Singh made his way into the pre-quartefinals of the 49kg class in emphatic style with the referee stopping contest in the first round at the London Olympics on Tuesday. The referee stopped the contest just two minutes 24 seconds into the bout against Honduran Bayron Molina Figueroa, who was feeling dizzy after suffering some heavy blows from the Indian. The 20-year-old from Manipur came out swinging landing some hard blows on his opponent who was left reeling. Devendro attacked with great fervour with Bayron hardly having an answer to the barrage of punches coming his way. The Indian registered two knocked downs never taking the foot off the gas pedal and finally the bout had to be stopped by the referee.