Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 10:00 IST
Indian boxers at Strandja Memorial Tournament (BFI)
Anamika, Anupama and Govind Kumar Sahani clinched silver medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament
Indian boxers Anamika (50kg), Anupama (81kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) signed off with silver medals after happening of their respective final-round bouts at the Strandja Memorial Tournament on Sunday.
Anamika, the reigning nationwide champion, misplaced by a 1-4 cut up verdict towards China’s Hu Meiyi within the light-weight remaining.
Sahani too misplaced by the same margin towards Shodiyorjon Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in a bout which went went all the way down to the wire.
Anupama, alternatively, was crushed by a technically superior Australian Emma Sue Greentree by a 0-5 unanimous verdict.
Indian boxers return dwelling with a haul of eight medals together with three silver and 5 bronze.
The bout between Sahani and Melikuziev, the 2023 Asian U-22 Championships silver medallist, was messy and ugly. Both boxers resorted to physique blows and clinching.
The 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Indian used his pace and quick punches however performed with his guard down giving quick access to the Uzbek.
While attacking, Sahani threw lots of punches however wasn’t capable of land as many as he would have appreciated to, which tilted the end in his opponent’s favour.
Anamika started aggressively however Meiyi defended properly, shifting across the ring to take the primary spherical by an unanimous verdict.
The two boxers resorted to lots of body-clinching within the second spherical as Anamika began to search out her footing.
In the ultimate three minutes, Anamika was the higher boxer, touchdown a flurry of mixture punches with 4 out of the 5 judges ruling in her favour but it surely was a bit too late.
In the ladies’s mild heavyweight remaining, Greentree didn’t let Anupama calm down, dominating from the start.
The Indian regarded tentative and performed with an open guard and Greentree took benefit of that as she punched from a distance, utilizing her lengthy attain to good impact.
The Australian pugilist regarded in her aspect within the second spherical and continued the great momentum to take the lead.
She took an aggressive method within the remaining minutes as properly, as she by no means gave any probability of a comeback to Anupama.
The gulf between the 2 boxers was evident and it was a no brainer what the decision could be.
Former Indian boxing high-performance director Santiago Nieva, who’s the present Australian nationwide boxing workforce head coach, was seen celebrating Greentree’s win on the sidelines.
Three feminine pugilists S Kalaivani (48kg), Shruti Yadav (70kg) and Monika (+81kg) claimed bronze medals within the event.
Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) and the 2021 World Youth champion Sachin (54kg) additionally ended their marketing campaign with bronze medals.
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