Amit Panghal Beats Saken Bibossinov Enters 52KG Final

Top seed  and defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) defeated Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov 5-0 within the semi remaining and secured atleast a silver medal at ASBC Asian Championships in Dubai on Friday.

He had defeated the identical opponent within the semi remaining of 2019 World Championships.

During an intense battle between World Championships silver medallist Panghal and bronze medallist Bibossinov, the Indian made a cautious begin and tried to maintain a distance from the opponent. He regarded extra aggressive later within the second spherical and hit some clear punches to place stress on Bibossinov.

Panghal carried on the momentum all through the match and stamped his authority over Kazakh boxer to safe a commanding 5-0 win. Aiming to win second successive gold, the Indian boxer will tackle Rio Olympic champion Zoirov Shakhobidin of Uzbekistan within the gold medal match on Monday.

India is now assured of no less than 5 silver medals with 4 girls already making their means into the finals earlier on Thursday on the prestigious occasion which is collectively hosted by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and UAE Boxing Federation. With 15 medals confirmed, Indian contingent additionally achieved their highest medal haul, surpassing the earlier better of 13 (2 gold, 4 silver and seven bronze) from the 2019 version in Bangkok.