Living as much as her fame, 2019 Asian Youth champion Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg) defeated Diana Gorisnaja of Estonia to advance to the quarter-finals on Day 4 of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships on Saturday.
The Manipuri pugilist, who lately received gold at Adriatic Pearl match, didn’t put a foot flawed and confirmed her velocity and talent proper from the start.
She carried on with the onslaught all through the match and, consequently, the referee needed to cease the competition in the third spherical.
With this victory, Chanu is now the seventh Indian lady boxer to enter the quarter-finals, and the pugilists are only a win away from securing medals for the nation at this prestigious occasion. The different six Indian ladies boxers in the quarter-finals are Poonam (57kg), Vinka (60kg), Arundhati (69kg), Sanamacha Thokchom (75kg), Khushi (81kg) and Alfiya (+81kg).
In the boys’s part, Ankit Narwal (64kg) confirmed wonderful footwork and energy to outclass Uzbekistan’s Akhmadjon Akhmedov in a hard-hitting and busy bout to notch up a 5-0 win.
In the 75kg middleweight class, Manish defeated Israel’s Daniel Ilyushonok. He endured some early resistance and took his time to gauge his opponent however rebounded to win 4-1. Both Ankit and Manish have reached the pre quarter-finals.
Another Indian, Jugnoo (+91kg), couldn’t progress additional, happening to Hungary’s Levente Kiss in a 4-1 break up verdict in the round-of-16 bout.
Six Indian boxers – 4 males and two ladies — will take the ring in the pre-quarterfinals afterward Saturday. Among males, Biswamitra Chongtham (49kg), Sachin (56kg), Ankit Narwal (64kg) and Vishal Gupta (91kg) will probably be in motion, whereas Gitika (48kg) and Nisha Gurjar (64kg) may also be trying to attain the quarter-finals on the fifth day of the World Championships.
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