World Championships bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) assured himself of a medal at the President's Cup boxing tournament in Labuan Bajo, Philippines after claiming a comfortable win in the quarterfinals.
Bidhuri, who claimed India's lone medal in the 2017 world event in Hamburg, stormed past Afghanistan's Waris Karimi to make the last-four stage on Wednesday evening.
The national championships' silver-medallist will next be up against local favourite Junmilardo Ogayre, who defeated Korea's Kim Haejin in his quarterfinal bout.
The Delhi-boxer was recently left out of the Indian squad for the upcoming world championships to be held in Russia in September.
The iconic M C Mary Kom is also competing in this tournament and is already through to the 51kg category semifinals after getting an opening-round bye.
Earlier, India Open gold-medallist Jamura Boro (54kg) advanced to the semifinals of the women's event, while Monika entered the finals.
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