Amit Panghal storms into ultimate of Asian Boxing Championship

Protecting champion Amit Panghal (52kg) out-punched acquainted foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan to go into the finals of the Asian Boxing Championships right here on Friday.

The highest-seeded Indian defeated Bibossinov 5-0. The Kazakh is an international championship bronze-medallist and had misplaced to silver-winner Panghal within the semifinals of that tournament as neatly.

Panghal used to be in height shape as he took keep an eye on together with his sharp counter-attacks in opposition to the defensively weaker Bibossinov.

The Indian performed the ready sport to perfection because the third-seeded Bibossinov’s plan to dazzle him with early aggression fell flat because the bout improved.

The arena primary from Haryana was the aggressor within the ultimate spherical as Bibossinov ran out of steam.

On Thursday night time, 4 Indian girls boxers had complicated to the finals.

Six-time international champion M C Mary Kom (51kg), Lalbuatsaihi (64kg), Pooja Rani (75kg) and Anupama (+81kg) received their bouts to make the summit conflict.

Of those, Pooja were given a walkover after her opponent pulled out.

It used to be heartbreak for two-time international adolescence champion Sakshi Choudhary (54kg) as she misplaced her ultimate spot after her rival, top-seeded Kazakh Dina Zholaman, effectively challenged the slim victory that she had clinched within the last-four level.

Sakshi had prevailed 3-2 within the legislation bout however the resolution used to be challenged through the Kazakh group and sooner or later overturned.