The Free Press Journal

Solanki, Tanwar enter quarters

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NEW DELHI: Commonweal­th Games medal-winning duo of Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) entered the quarterfin­als of the 70th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament with contrastin­g wins in Sofia, Bulgaria. Gold Coast CWG gold-winner Solanki, taking to the ring within 24 hours of his first-round win, defeated Kazakhstan's Anvar Muzaparov 3-2 in a hard-fought contest on Saturday night. the 19-year-old Tanwar, who claimed a bronze in Gold Coast last year, got the better of Poland's Michal Soczynski 5-0 in a dominating performanc­e.

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