More Sports Boxing Boxing Ulaabaatar Cup: Sonia, Lovlina move into semifinals The Indian duo are assured of a medal at the boxing tourney in Mongolia after dominating wins over their opponents. PTI New Delhi 21 June, 2018 13:34 IST File Photo: Sonia Lather defeated local favourite Myagmar Gundegmaa. - R. V. Moorthy PTI New Delhi 21 June, 2018 13:34 IST India was assured of four medals at the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia after four boxers from the country, including world and Asian silver-winner Sonia Lather (57kg), advanced to the semifinals on Thursday. Joining her in the last-four stage were Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Himanshu Sharma (49kg) and Ashish (64kg). All the four boxers are guaranteed of at least a bronze medal each. However, world silver-medallist Sarjubala Devi (51kg) bowed out in the quarterfinal stage after losing a close bout to Mongolian Myagmardulam Nandinsetseg 1-4.Sonia produced an assured performance to defeat local favourite Myagmar Gundegmaa to make the last-four stage.Lovlina, a gold-medallist at the inaugural India Open, earlier, in 2018, was equally dominating in her 5-0 win over Thailand’s Suchada Panich.Read: Panghal, Solanki move into semisIt was a battle of straight punches between Sonia and Gundegmaa and the Indian was better by a few notches in her clean and impactful hits. Lovlina’s rival put up a stronger resistance but lacked in accuracy. In the evening session, which featured men’s quarterfinal bouts, Himanshu defeated Chinese Taipei’s Po Wei Tu in a unanimous verdict. Also, advancing with a 5-0 win was Ashish, who put it past Korea’s Kim Song Yun in a clinical performance.Earlier, world and Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), former Commonwealth Games silver-winner Mandeep Jangra (69kg), Salman Sheikh (52kg) and Etash Khan (56kg) had booked their quarterfinal berths. They will be seen in action on Friday. Read more stories on Boxing. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :