Besides Alfiya others who made it to the last four round are 2019 Asian Youth Champion Vinka Gitika and Poonam.

The Indians came up with dazzling performances in their respective quarter-finals bouts. Panipat boxer Vinka blanked Colombian Camilo Camela 5-0 in the 60kg category.

2019 Asian Junior Champion Nagpur’s Alfiya (+81) also recorded a comfortable 5-0 victory against Hungarian Reka Hoffmann.

Playing in the 57kg category, Poonam notched up an easy 5-0 win against Nazerke Serik of Kazakhstan to progress in semi-finals.

Gitika (48kg) produced another strong show as she dominated her opponent Romania’s Elisabeth Ostan from the word go with precise punches and swift movement that saw the referee stopping the contest just after the first round and declaring Haryana boxer winner.

However, another Indian in action Khushi (81kg) lost her last-8 bout against Busra Isildar of Turkey.

In the men’s section, Manish (75kg) and Sumit (69kg) made their way into the quarter-finals in their respective categories with identical 5-0 victories against Jordan’s Abdallah Alaarag and Ladislav Horvath of Slovakia respectively in the pre-quarterfinals.

Akash Gorkha (60kg) and Vinit (81kg) suffered defeats in their respective last-16 bouts.

Rajasthan boxer Arundhati Choudhary (69kg) alongside Naorem Babyrojisna Chanu (51kg) and T Sanamacha Chanu (75kg) will be seen in action on seventh day as they will play their quarter-finals while among the men, Ankit Narwal (64kg), Vishal Gupta (91kg).

Bishwamitra Chongtham (49kg), Sachin (56kg), Manish (75kg) and Sumit (69kg) will fight for a place in the semi-finals.