Indian boxer and the former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar on Wednesday defeated ex-Olympic bronze-medallist Lithuanian Evaldas Petrauskas 2-1 in Boxing, in 64 kg weight category at Rio 2016 Olympics contest.
Manoj fought well and beat Petrauskas in round of 32 bout.
The Indian pugilist will fight against Uzbek Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in the Men’s light welter pre-quarters on Sunday.