Chennai: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota of Railways continued his winning streak as he overpowered Rambol of Madhya Pradesh to storm into the semifinals in super heavyweight category on day four of 58th Senior Men's National Boxing Championship here on Thursday.
Samota took some time to settle down but shifted into top gear and threw some hefty blows in the second round to which his opponent had no answer. He finally pulled the rug from under Rambol's feet with a blistering upper cut.
Samota will face Fateh Singh of Jharkhand in the semifinals.
"It was a great bout for me, everything I tried came off and yielded results. I am happy with my performance and hope to carry on my form," said a confident Samota after his bout.
In the light flyweight division, 2009 Asian Championship silver medallist and Services boxer Nanao Singh also continued his winning spree as he thrashed P Raghvan of Tamil Nadu in a quarterfinal bout.
The National Games gold medallist Nanao dominated the proceedings from the word go, leading throughout the bout, before winning 14:5. He now takes on Bahadur Singh Rana of Uttarakhand.
But, it was curtains for National Games silver medallist Santosh Harijan of Goa. Harijan, who won a gold medal in Indonesia and a bronze in Kazakhstan earlier this year, came up short against Sandeep Malik of Delhi.
In what was a see-saw battle, Sandeep triumphed over his more experienced opponent on points (7:6).
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