Ramanand falls in second round

The experienced Ramanand's medal hopes were shattered when he lost to England's Andrew Morris in the second round of the boxing event in the 17th Commonwealth Games on Sunday.

Ramanand, who had moved into the second round after defeating Jules de Gannes of Trinidad on Saturday, could not counter his stronger English opponent and went down 16-25 on points, in the upto-60 kg weight category.

With Ramanand's second round exit, four of the seven Indian pugilists are out of the competition.

The Indians, who had clinched a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, have not really made an impact on the first three days of the competition.

While Dingko Singh and Harpal Singh lost in the first round by slender point margins, Dalvir Singh failed to live upto expectation as he went down by a huge margin.