Asian Boxing Championships: Shiva Thapa Secures fifth Successive Medal, Mohammed Hussamuddin Loses To Global Champion | Boxing Information

Seasoned Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (64kg) secured his 5th successive medal on the Asian Boxing Championships by way of advancing to the semifinals after out-punching Kuwait’s Nader Odah within the last-eight degree in Dubai on Tuesday. Thapa prevailed 5-Zero in a lop-sided conflict to arrange a showdown with protecting champion and height seed Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan. Usmonov outclassed John Paul Panuayan.

Thapa received a gold within the 2013 championships, bronze in 2015 and 2019 and silver in 2017. He’s confident of no less than a bronze within the ongoing version, improving his personal place as probably the most a success Indian boxer within the match’s historical past.

Thapa used to be in keep an eye on from the phrase move and used to be infrequently examined by way of his opponent, who additionally confronted a status 8 depend within the opening spherical. The Assamese boxer used to be in particular spectacular together with his left jabs.

Then again, Commonwealth Video games bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) went all the way down to Uzbekistan’s reigning global champion Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov in a fiercely-fought quarterfinal.

The Indian boxer misplaced 1-Four after giving the top-seeded protecting champion somewhat a battle. Mirzahalilov, who may be the Asian Video games champion, used to be stuck off guard by way of Hussamuddin’s robust counter-attacks on a couple of instance.

Then again, the Uzbek’s confident footwork and precisely-placed straights for a majority of the bout, helped him seal it finally.

In some other sadness for India, Iran’s Meysam Gheslaghi defeated Sumit Sangwan within the males’s gentle heavyweight (81kg) department in a overdue Monday evening bout.

On Wednesday, India’s Olympic-bound males pugilists Amit Panghal (52kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) will kick-start their marketing campaign.

Global Championships silver-medallist and protecting champion Panghal will face Mogolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh.

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The 2 final confronted every different on the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Amman, Jordan final yr the place the Indian had triumphed in a gruelling contest.

Asian Video games champion Vikas Krishan will sq. off in opposition to Iran’s Moslem Malamir, whilst final version’s silver-winner Ashish will face Global Championships and Asian Video games silver-medallist Abilkhan Amankul of Kazakhstan.