IN PROGRESS: Rohan Polanco (Dominican Republic) vs. Bobo Usman Baturo (Uzbekistan)
Pat McCormack (Great Britain) proved his worth as the number-one seed at welterweight, outclassing Aliaksandr ‘Sasha’ Radzionau (Belarus) to advance to the quarterfinal round. McCormack won on all five scorecards (30-27 on four, 29-28 on one) in the first bout of competition Tuesday morning at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
With the win, McCormack joins twin brother Luke McCormack who advanced in lightweight competition with a win on Monday.
STILL TO COME
Aidan Walsh (Ireland) vs. Albert Mengue (Cameroon)
Merven Clair (Mauritius) vs. Zeyad Eishaih Hussein Eashash (Jordan)
Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) vs. Sewonrets Okazawa (Japan)
Delante Johnson vs. Ablaikhan Zhussupov (Kazakhstan)
Shadiri Bwogi (Uganda) vs. Eskerkhan Madiev (Georgia)
Stephen Zimba (Zambia) vs. Andrei Zamkovoi (ROC)
Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox