Manoj Kumar (64kg) notched up a comfortable opening win to take the total number of Indian boxers in the Olympic pre-quarterfinals to five after the completion of the first-round bouts here. Manoj defeated Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan 13-7 at the ExCel arena late last night after L Devendro Singh (49kg) made a sensational Olympic debut by stopping Honduras' Bayron Molina Figueroa in less than three minutes of his opening bout. Manoj started cautiously but gradually opened up to prevail over his opponent with a 13-7 verdict. The Indian pugilist did not exert himself too much in the opening round as he gauged the strategy of his opponent who also was quite content in defending.

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