Asian Boxing C’ships: Shiva Thapa Continues Quest For Gold, 4 Others Signal Off with Bronze Medals

Six-time medallist Shiva Thapa was the one Indian male boxer to advance to the finals as 4 others bowed out with bronze medals on the Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday. Thapa (63.5 kg) out-punched Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan through a 4-1 break up verdict within the semifinal to be assured of a minimum of a silver. Thapa will face Uzbekistan’s Abdullaev Ruslan within the last. Each boxers appeared to assault whereas defending cautiously however Thapa, probably the most profitable pugilist within the championship, was in a position to land his mixture punches to take the primary spherical 5-0.

Nevertheless, Usmonov made a powerful comeback within the second spherical to take it 4-1.

Within the third spherical, Thapa attacked Usmonov relentlessly because the Tajak fell on the canvas throughout the first few seconds following which the referee gave him the rely.

The Indian continued to dominate by touchdown a flurry of punches whereas defending with ease to take the tie.

Two-time Commonwealth Video games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin’s (57kg) got here to an abrupt finish as he could not contest the semifinal on account of a lower above his proper eye he sustained throughout his final eight bout earlier this week.

The 28-year-old ended his marketing campaign with a bronze medal as did Thailand Open champions Sumit (75kg) and Govind Kumar Sahani (48kg) and Narender (92+kg).

Govind (48kg) was up towards Sanzhar Tashkenbay of Kazakhstan and began off his bout making an attempt to dam his opponent’s punches and assault with counterpunches however he couldn’t maintain that technique for lengthy.

His Kazakh opponent, who’s the 2021 Youth World Championship gold medallist, dominated the subsequent two rounds and inflicted a 0:4 defeat on the boxer from Gorakhpur.

Sumit (75kg) was concerned in a troublesome matchup towards the reigning Asian champion Jafarov Saidjamshid of Uzbekistan and regardless of his finest efforts, didn’t take management of the bout and suffered a 0:5 defeat by unanimous determination.

Narender, seeded second, suffered a 0-5 defeat towards third seed Mullojonov Lazizbek of Uzbekistan in his semifinal bout.

5 Indian ladies pugilists, together with 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) and 2022 World Championships bronze medallist Parveen (63kg), will probably be preventing for gold within the last of the match on Friday.

The opposite ladies boxers competing within the last will probably be Alfiya Pathan (81+kg), Saweety (81kg), and Minakshi (52kg) Saweety, who punched her method into the ultimate after defeating the native Lina Jaber by RSC within the second spherical late on Wednesday evening, will face Gulsaya Yerzhan of Kazakhstan within the last.

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After the conclusion of the ladies’s finals on Friday, the finals of the lads’s class will probably be performed on Saturday.

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