The Dutch Boxing Federation withdrew from the event over the presence of Russian and Belarusian boxers but the boycott did not stop de Cler from flying to Indian capital New Delhi to compete.

De Cler held a neutral flag when she walked out for the Opening Ceremony, angering Dutch Boxing Federation President Boris van der Vorst who accused the IBA of "undermining the authority" of his organisation.

Despite the dispute between her federation and the IBA, de Cler put it all behind her to focus on getting her campaign off to a winning start at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Hall.

After three tight rounds resulted in a bout review, de Cler was declared the winner, defeating Tajikistan's Nilufar Boboyarova in the light welterweight division.

Speaking after the victory de Cler said: "I don’t do politics. 

"I am here by my own and not playing for the Netherlands.

"I do boxing that’s why I’m here."

Anastasiia Shamonova delivered Russia’s first victory of this year’s event after seeing off Angie Carolina Solano Vanegas of Colombia in the middleweight class.

Russian flags have been out this week after the IBA controversially allowed athletes from the country to compete with national symbols, but Russia’s fans have had to bide their time until their team finally secured gold.

After defeats for Adam Aedma and Nadezhoa Golubeva, Shamonova gave Russia a win to celebrate.

Russia would have been hoping to kick on only to see Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree take out Saltanat Medenova in the light heavyweight division.

While Russia have been struggling for wins on their return to the flagship event, Belarus have been flying in New Delhi.

Ala Ivashkevich of Belarus overcome Sezgin Mehmedova Aslahan of Bulgaria in the lightweight class before Alina Veber defeated Elenoa Lilo of New Zealand and Viktoriya Kebikava claimed victory over Eda Yenilmez of Turkey in the respective middleweight and light heavyweight categories.

After winning all four of their bouts yesterday, the Indian team were in confident mood and added to that success in this evening’s session.

The first of today’s three wins took less than 90 seconds as Jasmine swept Ambos Beatrice Nyambega of Tanzania aside in brutal fashion in the lightweight class.

Not long after that match had finished, India were celebrating another victory when Shashi Chopra beat Teresiah Wanjiru Mwangi of Kenya in the light welterweight division.

India’s hopes of clinching a sixth successive win were dashed when Shruti Yadav was thumped by China’s Zhou Pan in the light middleweight class.

It was China’s fourth win of the day after Wang Lina, Yang Chengyu and Yang Wenlu triumphed in the light heavyweight, light welterweight and lightweight categories.

Yang Weng’s victory was the highlight of those, pulling off the biggest upset of the competition to defeat last year’s bronze medallist Alessia Mesiano of Italy.

Mesiano, a 2016 world featherweight champion, was on the receiving end of a heavy beating with Yang taking the first two rounds with ease.

The Italian rallied in the third-round but it was enough to avoid defeat as she crashed out at the first-round stage.

Turkey topped the medal table at the 2022 edition but have struggled to hit top form here.

Elif Güneri, who has picked up a medal at the past five Women’s World Championships, survived a big stage when she overcame Thailand's Baison Manikon in a middleweight fight that was decided by a bout review.

France had another strong day in the ring with Olympic champion Estelle Mossely getting her campaign off to a flying start.

Making her first appearance in an amateur competition since capturing gold at Rio 2016, Mossely produced a composed performance to defeat Thailand's Porntip Buapa who fell on several occasions in the lightweight bout.

Competition is due to continue tomorrow.