Ulan-Ude (Russia): Last edition's bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and debutant Jamuna Boro (54kg) marched into the quarter-finals of the World Women's Boxing Championships with comprehensive victories in the pre-quarters here yesterday. Boro outpunched fifth-seeded Algerian Ouidad Sfouh, an African Games gold-medallist, in a unanimous verdict, while the third-seeded Borgohain got the better of a sprightly opponent in Morocco's Oumayma Bel Ahbib, also a 5-0 win.

In the quarter-finals today, Boro will take on Germany's Ursula Gottlob, who upstaged European Championship bronze-medallist and fourth seed Yuliya Apanasovich of Belarus in her pre-quarterfinal bout in a split 3-2 verdict. The referee mistakenly raised Apanasovich's hand at the end of the fight but later corrected himself. Next up for Borgohain is sixth-seeded Karolina Koszewska, who defeated Uzbekistan's Shakhnoza Yunusova. Poland's Koszewska had claimed a gold medal at this year's European Games.