SAIF Qureshi made it into the quarter-finals of the National Junior Novices Championships after beating Sam Pilton, of Middlesbrough, by a split decision.
The 16-year-old Bury ABC boxer goes through to the last eight of the 66kg Class B category to face an opponent from the Yorkshire region in Doncaster this weekend.
Bury team-mate Adil Iqbal, aged 15, is also through in the 57kg Class A category after gaining a bye when his intended opponent at Birtley Boxing Club in Tyne Tees on Saturday failed to make the weight.
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