Dusmatov was up against Said Mortaji of Morocco in the flyweight category and wasted no time in asserting his supremacy.

The Uzbek star's centre of gravity enabled him to move quicker and launch punches at a faster rate.

The 2017 World Championships silver medallist took round one 5-0 and started the second round on the front foot.

A flurry of punches helped him bag more points and take the second round 5-0.

The Asian champion made life difficult for Mortaji in round three to register a dominant win.

In the super heavyweight class, Bakhodir Jalolov needed only two rounds against Teremoana Junior of Australia.

The reigning Olympic champion waited patiently to strike and landed a combination on Junior's face.

Three blows on the trot helped Jalolov take the first round 5-0. 

Round two saw the 2019 world champion land four punches continuously on the face of Junior as the referee stopped the contest to declare a 5-0 victory.

The host nation had a fantastic day in the ring throughout the day.

In the featherweight category, Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan defeated Charlie Senior of Australia.

Khalokov, an Asian champion and a World Championships silver medallist, was toying with Australian Senior.

The Uzbek star did a superb execution of the bob and weave, wining the first two rounds 5-0.

The third round was all about dodging and countering as Khalokov sealed a 5-0 win via unanimous decision.

Earlier in the day, Olympic medallists Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan and Colombian Yuberjen Martínez exited the tournament in after defats in the flyweight category.

Bibossinov, up against India's Deepak Bhoria, managed to connect some punches to edge the first round 3-2.

Both boxers were focusing on a defensive strategy with minimum action.

Bibossinov took the second round 4-1 and was a bit more aggressive in the final round.

Meanwhile, Bhoria fought valiantly and defended well for most of the bout and picked up pace in the third round, managing to strike some heavy blows against the Kazakh star.

The judges felt that was enough as Boria won 5-2 on split decision.    

Martínez was facing Tu Po-wei of Chinese Taipei and South American started with two blows to Tu's face, followed by one below the belt.

He took the first round 4-1 but was blown away by Tu in the second round, with the Chinese Taipei boxer edging the final round 3-2.

The judges declared Tu as the winner after a 5-2 split decision.

Another Olympic medallist to crash out was Abner Teixeira of Brazil who was fighting Nikoloz Begadze of Georgia in the super heavyweight class.

Fifth seed Teixeira was given a reality check by the Georgian in the first round, as he managed to land some blows to take a 5-0 win.

Begadze went on to make a statement by getting the next round too.

It was enough for the European to get a 4-1 split decision victory.

Mohammad Mlaiyes of Syria lost to Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan in the super heavyweight class.

Kunkabayev is the Olympic bronze medallist and made no mistake in the ring, the first two bouts 5-0.

He was more aggressive in the final round as he secured a 5-0 unanimous decision win to set up a meeting with Jalolov.

Japan's world champion Tomoya Tsuboi got the better of World Championships silver medallist Vasilii Egorov of Russia in the flyweight class.

Despite approaching the bout with a defensive strategy, the Japanese stood out with quick reflexes.

Tsuboi's peek-a-boo was deceiving the Russian, who lost the first two rounds 5-0 and 4-1.

Egorov did land some blows but he could not handle Tsuboi's speed and lost the bout 4-1 on split decision.

Competition is due to continue tomorrow with bouts scheduled in minimumweight, bantamweight, lightweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight categories.