Busan: Indian pugilist Jitender Kumar prevailed over Ismael Faiala of Palestine to move into the quarter-finals and keep his medal hopes alive in the boxing event of the 14th Asian Games on Saturday.

Jitender Kumar carved out a convincing 21-7 victory over his Palestinian opponent in the middleweight category to become the second Indian boxer after Mohammad Ali Qamar to romp into the quarter-final stage.

The lanky Kumar took full advantage of his reach and dominated the bout with a flurry of punches, giving no scope to his opponent to bounce back. The Palestine did manage to score a few points but the Indian was not unsettled by the brief period of assault and maintained his lead till the very end.

Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Mohammad Ali Qamar had on Friday defeated Pakistan's Hafeez Imran 12-1 to move into the last eight in the light fly weight category.

PTI