India’s prime boxer Amit Panghal secured the Paris Olympics 2024 qualification after a hard-fought win in the quarterfinals of the second world qualification event in Bangkok on Sunday, June 2. Amit grew to become the one second male Indian boxer after Nishant Dev to safe the quota as India target two more berths in boxing.
Panghal, 28, registered a 5-0 win in the boys’s 51kg quarterfinal bout towards China’s Chuang Liu to grow to be the fifth Indian boxer to earn the Paris ticket. Amit joined Nishant Dev (71kg), Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) in the checklist of Indian boxers to ebook the Paris Games quota.
The Haryana boxer was trailing 1-4 in the beginning of the second spherical towards Chuang however made a shocking comeback with aggressive boxing. Amit, the 2018 Asian Games champion, registered a had-fought win to finish his profitable comeback to the nationwide workforce.
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