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Indian boxers won 43 medals in the prestigious tournament, which witnessed high-voltage action with the presence of over 390 boxers from over 24 countries, including powerful boxing nations like China.
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Astana, Kazakhstan: Akash Gorkha, Vishvanath Suresh, Nikhil and Preet Malik qualified for the U-22 men’s final as Indian boxers confirmed an unprecedented 43 medals across all categories at the U-22 and Youth Asian Boxing Championships. ASBC in Astana on Saturday.
Senior national champion Akash extended his dominance in the 60kg category with a 5-0 victory over Uzbekistan’s Ilyasov Sayat in the semi-final.
Reigning junior world champion Vishvanath (48kg) won 5-2 against Filipino Baricuatro Bryan after the fight was reviewed.
The other two semi-finalists, Nikhil (57kg) and Preet (67kg) also won their bouts with a similar scoreline of 5-2 after a review against Mongolia’s Dorjnyambuu Ganbold and Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Orozbekov respectively.
Our 4️⃣ male pugilists participated in the U-22 final of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championship 2024 🇮🇳💪
Vishvanath Suresh (48 kg) l Nikhil (57 kg) l Akash Gorkha (60 kg) l Preet Malik (67 kg)
Congratulations 👏🎉#PunchMeinHaiDum#Boxing pic.twitter.com/M3b0dZsXei
– Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) May 4, 2024
Meanwhile, it was heartbreaking for M Jadumani Singh (51 kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5 kg), Ankush (71 kg), Dhruv Singh (80 kg), Jugnoo (86 kg) and Yuvraj (92 kg) as they ended their campaign with bronze medals. their defeats in the U-22 semi-final.
Nine female boxers, including Olympic-bound Preeti (54 kg), will be in action in the U-22 semi-final.
The U-22 final will be played on Tuesday.
In the junior women’s semi-finals played on Friday evening, reigning world junior champion Nisha (52 kg) and Asian junior champion Nikita Chand (60 kg) along with five other boxers entered the final.
Lakshay Rathi (92+kg), Annu (48kg), Yatri Patel (57kg), Parthavi Grewal (66kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg) and Nirjhara Bana (+81kg) were defeated and ended their campaign with bronze medals in the youth category. .
The youth final will now see 14 Indian pugilists, seven each in the men’s and women’s category, fighting for the gold medal. The finals of the youth category will be played on Monday.
In total, Indian boxers won 43 medals in the prestigious tournament, which witnessed high-voltage action with the presence of over 390 boxers from over 24 countries, including powerful boxing nations such as China, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. medals in 25 weight categories.
