Amit Panghal Reaches Semi-finals of Governor’s Cup in Russia, 5 Others Make Early Exits

New Delhi: Olympic-bound world silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) was assured of at the least a bronze on the Governor’s Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia after he superior to the semifinals however 5 different Indian boxers bowed out following opening spherical losses. The Haryana-boxer, who can also be the reigning Asian Games champion, prevailed 5-0 towards native favorite Tamir Galanov to make the last-four stage.

However, Sumit Sangwan (81kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg), Naman Tanwar (91kg), the Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Vinod Tanwar (49kg) made early exits. While Vinod misplaced to Russia’s Igor Tsaregorodtsev (49kg) 2-3, Sumit went down 0-5 to Uzbekistan’s Dishod Ruzmetov (81kg). Naman, a Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist, was crushed 0-5 by Kazakhstan’s Aybek Oralbay (91kg).

Ashish, however, misplaced an in depth one to Russia’s Nikita Kuzmin (75kg), happening 2-3. Hussamuddin, nonetheless, misplaced to Uzbekistan’s Miraziz Murzakhalilov (57kg) in a unanimous verdict.

Amit Panghal, Sumit Sangwan, Mohammed Hussamuddin, Ashish Kumar, Naman Tanwar, Vinod Tanwar, boxing information

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