Asian Boxing Championships: Shiva Thapa advances to quarterfinals with a hard-fought win

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.

Published : Nov 04, 2022 17:28 IST , New Delhi

FILE PHOTO: Shiva Thapa in action against Hellene Damien of Mauritius during the second India Open international boxing tournament at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on May 22, 2019.
FILE PHOTO: Shiva Thapa in action against Hellene Damien of Mauritius during the second India Open international boxing tournament at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on May 22, 2019. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar
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FILE PHOTO: Shiva Thapa in action against Hellene Damien of Mauritius during the second India Open international boxing tournament at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on May 22, 2019. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar

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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