Former Asian Championships gold medallist Shiva Thapa, Sachin and Amit Kumar advanced to the quarterfinals of the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Friday.
Thapa won a closely fought bout against Mongolia’s Byambatsogt Tuguldur. Both Thapa and Tuguldur went toe-to-toe from the beginning and landed some heavy blows on each other, making it a very close contest. In the end, the Indian boxer prevailed to a 3-2 victory by split decision.
Thapa will now take on the winner of the bout between Haidara Alasaly and Minsu Choi in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Amit (67kg) beat Chinese Taipei’s Zheng-Rong Huang, while Sachin (71kg) lost the first round before bouncing back to beat Thailand’s Peerapat Yeasungnoen 5-0.
Later tonight, Ananta Chopade (54kg) and Etash Khan (60kg) will be in action against Japan’s Tanaka Shogo and Thailand’s Khunatip Pudnich respectively in their pre-quarterfinals bout.
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In the women’s category, seven Indian women boxers including Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina will be kicking off their campaign from the quarter-final stage on Saturday.
The competition is witnessing the participation of 267 boxers from 27 top boxing nations.
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