Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and the redoubtable Vikas Krishan (69kg) have been amongst three Indian boxers who superior to the semifinals on Wednesday because the nation assured itself of an unparalleled medal haul of 15 in the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai. Debutant Varinder Singh (60kg) was the opposite Indian to make the final 4.
Panghal secured a second successive medal after overcoming a stiff problem from Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh in the last-eight stage, whereas Varinder defeated Filipino Jere Samuel Dela Cruz 5-0. Vikas then pulled off a hard-fought 4-1 conquer Iran’s Moslem Maghsoudi Mal Amir as India surpassed its earlier greatest medal haul of 13 that was achieved in the 2019 version.
The World Championship silver-winning Panghal, who’s sure for Tokyo Olympics, gained 3-2 in a high-octane contest in which he overcame a sluggish begin and used his mixture punches to telling impact in the final two rounds. After being considerably bested in the opening three minutes, the top-seeded Army man’s trademark tempo got here to fore in the second spherical as he cleverly dodged his rival’s aggressive makes an attempt at connecting.
The Mongolian produced some positive physique punches to unsettle Panghal however took fairly just a few hits on the counter-attack. Panghal will sq. off in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov. He had overwhelmed Bibossinov in the 2019 world championship finals.
Vikas, additionally Tokyo-bound, performed his common defensive recreation however was pushed fairly exhausting by Amir, who gave the Indian a minimize above his left eye. Vikas has arrange a mouth-watering semifinal conflict with high seed and defending champion Bobo-Usmon Baturov of Uzbekistan. Baturov can also be the reigning Asian Games champion and a bronze-medallist from the world championships.
National champion Varinder scored on counter-attacks in opposition to the swift-moving Dela Cruz to safe a medal on debut at the occasion. Late on Tuesday night time, Sanjeet (91kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg) and the Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg) joined Shiva Thapa (64kg) in the final 4 stage following wins in their quarterfinal bouts.
They added to the seven medals, together with that of six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg), that have been assured on the day of attracts. India Open gold-winner Sanjeet defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 to enter the semifinals in the boys’s draw together with Thapa.
His subsequent opponent is final version’s silver-medallist Sanjar Tursunov of Uzbekistan who has been seeded third this 12 months.
In the ladies’s competitors, Sakshi (54kg) acquired the higher of Tajikistan’s Ruhafzo Haqazarova 5-0 to arrange a conflict in opposition to high seed Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan. Jaismine edged previous Oyuntsetseg Yesugen of Mongolia 4-1 and can now sq. off in opposition to Vladislava Kukhta of Kazakhstan.
Simranjit, who lately recovered from COVID-19, defeated Raykhona Kodirova of Uzbekistan 4-1. Her subsequent opponent can also be a Kazakh in Rimma Volossenko.
(with PTI inputs)
