Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), March 31 India's Priya recorded a dominant 5-0 victory, while Jadumani Singh fought valiantly on the second day of the Asian Boxing Championships here on Tuesday.
In the women's 60kg category, Priya achieved a unanimous 5-0 victory over Kazakhstan's Rimma Volossenko, demonstrating control and composure throughout the match to advance to the next round.
Priya will face the second-seeded Chengyu Yang from China.
Jadumani fought hard but could not prevent a 2-3 defeat in a split decision against Japan's Rimma Yamaguchi, who is the top seed in the category.
Yamaguchi had previously won a silver medal at the Astana event and a bronze medal in the Boxing World Cup finals.
Jadumani matched his Japanese opponent punch for punch and pushed the contest to the end in what turned out to be one of the closest matches of the day.