Jai Bhagwan advances to Rd 2 of World Championships

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Asian silver medallist Jai Bhagwan
put India's faltering campaign at the World Boxing
Championships back on track by advancing to the second round
of the light weight category with a thumping win against
Venezuela's Angel Rodrigues in Milan, Italy.

The Indian out-punched his rival 10-4 to bring some
cheers in the Indian camp, which had been left stunned by
three early exits.

The Haryana-boxer opened a 3-1 lead in the first round
before blanking his opponent in the second round to extend it
to 7-1.

Rodrigues tried to claw his way back in the final round,
finishing 3-3, but it was too little and too late by then.

Jai will take on the Irish team's co-captain Eric Donovan
in the second round Friday.

Donovan defeated Bakhodir Karimov of Kirgyzstan 13-4 in
his championship opener.

So far, three Indians -- Asian champion Suranjoy Singh
(51kg), Jitender Kumar (54kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) -- exited
the event after losing their opening round bouts.

While Suranjoy and Manoj lost by a point, Jitender was
disqualified after being handed three warnings for three
different offences. PTI