Amit Panghal misplaced to reigning World and Olympic champion Zoirov Shakhobidin of Uzbekistan in a 2-3 cut up determination in the ultimate of the 52 kg occasion to settle for silver on the Asian Boxing Championship.
Shiva Thapa (64kg) and Sanjeet (91 kg) will tackle Mongolia’s Baatarsukh Chinzorig and Kazakistan’s Vassiliy Levit in their respective closing later in the night time.
Zoirov Shakhobidin is the defending world and Olympic champion and had a 2-0 win-loss report in opposition to Amit Panghal. The Indian had misplaced in the 2019 world championships and extra just lately on the Governor’s Cup in Russia.
As for Thapa, the primary Indian male boxer in the match historical past to safe 5 medals and the world primary, will sq. off in opposition to reigning Olympic and world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the ultimate.
It was the repeat of the 2019 world championship closing in which the Indian had misplaced and needed to settle for silver. The 27-year-old Thapa’s first medal on the occasion was a gold in 2013, adopted by a bronze in 2015, a silver in 2017 and one other bronze in 2019. Thapa will likely be up in opposition to Mongolia’s Baatarsukh Chinzorig in the summit conflict. Chinzorig is the Asian Games silver-medallist.
Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Varinder Singh (60kg) have already secured bronze medals in the boys’s part with their semi-final end.
On Sunday, the Indian girls’s boxing staff completed with one gold, three silver and six bronze medals in Dubai. Pooja Rani received gold as Mary Kom, Lalbuatsaihi and Anupama claimed silver medals, whereas Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohain, Jaismine, Sakshi Chaudhary, Monika and Saweety bought bronze.
In reality, general, that is India’s best-ever displaying on the Asian Boxing Championships, with India’s earlier greatest haul being 13 medals (2 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze) in the 2019 version.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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