Two more wins for young boxers

Jihad Abu Khadija and Abdul Hakim Jaradat won their opening bouts at the Asian Confederation Schoolboys Boxing Championships in Kuwait.

Abu Khadija won his 61kg contest against Kuwait's Yusuf Al-Shammari and will face Uzbekistan's Nikbaev Merzob in the quarter-finals. Jaradat won his 43kg fight and will face Afghanistan’s Shirazi in the last eight.

There were defeats though for Elias (52kg), Jaafar Timur (58kg) and Abdullah Dalqamuni (70kg).