Last Updated: February 24, 2023, 21:18 IST
Indian boxers Anamika and S.Kalavani (BFI)
Indian boxers Anamika and S.Kalavani booked their place within the semi-finals at the 74th Strandja Memorial International Boxing Tournament
India’s feminine pugilists Anamika and S.Kalavani made their approach into the semi-finals of the continued 74th Strandja Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday.
Anamika (50kg) confronted Brazil’s Caroline de Almeida within the quarter-final and began the bout with an aggressive strategy. She displayed swift motion and landed a flurry of punches on her opponent to achieve an early lead within the first spherical.
She used the identical strategy within the second spherical and didn’t give any opening to the opponent on her option to register a cushty 5-0 win.
S.Kalavani additionally appeared assured and dominated the proceedings towards Florencia Lopez of Argentina for the reason that begin of the match. The Indian boxer attacked relentlessly and took an early lead.
Lopez tried to battle again within the final spherical however Kalavani displayed stable defence and counter attacked enroute her 4-1 win.
Meanwhile, three feminine pugilists bowed out of the match as Jyoti, Vinakshi and Simranjit misplaced their respective quarter-final bouts.
Jyoti (52 kg) went down 2-3 towards Romane Moulai of France in a tricky bout, whereas Vinakshi (57kg) misplaced 1-4 to USA’s Alyssa Mendoza. Brazil’s Beatriz Ferreira beat Simranjit 4-1 within the girls’s 60kg division.
Later tonight, three boxers shall be in motion in quarters.
Bishwamitra (51 kg) will tackle Jordan Roach USA, whereas Mahi Lamba will face the Dutch pugilist Keona Sam-Sin within the girls’s 63 kg class.
Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hussamuddin (57kg) will sq. off towards Artur Bazayan of Armenia.
Late on Thursday evening, two Indian male pugilists made their approach into the semi-finals of the match.
The 2021 World Youth Champion Sachin notched up a 4-1 win towards Muzafarov Shakhzod of Uzbekistan within the 54kg class.
2022 National champion Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) outclassed the two-time Asian champion Nodrijon Mirzakhmedov of Uzbekistan 5-0.
On the opposite hand, Akash (67kg) bowed out of the match after dealing with a 0-5 defeat towards Denmark’s Sebastian Terteryan. Narender misplaced 1-4 to Mahammad Abdullayev of Azerbaijan within the 92+kg class.
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