In April 2016 he defeated 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Devendro Singh Laishram of India in the third place bout at &lt;a href="2016%20Asia%20%26amp%3B%20Oceania%20Boxing%20Olympic%20Qualification%20Tournament"&gt;AIBA Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event&lt;/a&gt;, held in Qian’an, China to qualify for the Olympic men's light flyweight.