World champion Nikhat Zareen sailed into the women’s 50kg quarter-finals, but it was curtains for Shiva Thapa as he crashed out of the men’s 63.5kg Round of 16 boxing competition here on Sunday.

While Zareen knocked out Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique to storm into the last eight round of the women’s weight category winning by RSC (Refree stopping the contest), Thapa lost 1-4 to world championship bronze medallist Scotland’s Reese Lynch to make a disappointing exit from the Games.

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