Dingko, who entered the ring for the second time since winning the gold at the Asian Games, failed to impress the crowd, employing defensive strategies more often, though he prevailed over D Suresh (Army Green) 43-11 (on points) in the Bantam weight section. ``Not only I wanted to go for the full five rounds, but my opponent was quite strong too, and I did not want to allow him to take an upper hand,'' said Dingko after completing his bout.

Suresh could not judge the fast moving Dingko who pushed him to all corners of the ring. Suresh managed to stand on his feet till the end of five rounds. However, it was Dingko who outscored his opponent with a 43-11 verdict. The bout that followed Dingko's fight, was action packed and in the pounding dished out by Benjamin Siddioutclassed A K Shukla in a matter of three rounds when referee S Behra called off the fight. With this win Benjamin has set up a title clash with Dingko on Thursday.

Results (SF): Light fly: Sgt Sunil Prasad (Air Force) bt L/NK Dayal Singh (Army Green) 31-28; PO Rosema Colney (Indian Navy) lost to Hav. Rajendra More (Army Red) 30-26 .

Bantam weight: Nk D Suresh (Army Green) lost to CPO Dingko Singh (Indian Navy) 43-11; Hav. Benjamin Siddi (Army Red) bt Sgt. A K Shukla (Air Force) RSC.

Light weight: Hav Narender Rane (Army Red) bt N Kiran (Indian Navy) 49-30; Nk C A Kuttappa (Army Red) bt Cpl Ashok Kumar (Air Force) RSC

Welter weight: Nk ME Narayan (AR) bt LdII I Singh (IN) by pts; Sgt L Kanta Singh (AF) lost to L/nk Satish Kumar (AG) pts.

Middle weight: LAG Gulia (AF) lost to Jeevan Fernandez (AR) pts.

Heavy weight: PO R Pal (IN) lost to Nk Ramachandran (AG) pts; Cpl Jayashankar (AR) lost N/Sub Gurcharan Singh (AR) RSC