Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Sakshi Chaudhary, Simranjit Kaur Advance To Quarters | Boxing News
Speedy-rising Indian boxers Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Sakshi Chaudhary (57kg) notched up hard-fought victories to go into the quarterfinals and be only one victory clear of sealing Olympic berths on the Asian-Oceania zone qualifiers Amman on Wednesday. International Championships bronze-medallist Simranjit defeated Kazakhstan’s Rimma Volossenko Five-Zero, whilst former junior global champion Sakshi shocked Asian silver-medallist and fourth seed Nilawan Techasuep of Thailand in a cut up Four-1 verdict. Simranjit’s subsequent opponent could be 2d seed Namuun Monkhor of Mongolia, who gained a bronze medal within the Asian Championships ultimate yr.
The 19-year-old Sakshi, a two-time formative years global champion will subsequent be up in opposition to Korea’s Im Aeji on March nine.
Making the semifinals would guarantee her of a place within the Tokyo Olympics scheduled in July-August this yr.
Sakshi opened the complaints for India. The outlet around used to be fought on even keel for essentially the most phase however Sakshi controlled to be forward of her fancied rival in a cut up verdict.
Techasuep got here out all weapons blazing in the second one around and stuck Sakshi off-guard with a barrage of mixture immediately punches. The Indian used to be driven to the backfoot by way of the competitive Thai, whose left jab used to be specifically attention-grabbing.
However the judges dominated in Sakshi’s favour in a Three-2 2d around verdict. Within the ultimate 3 mins, Saskhi’s counter-attacks proved sufficient to trump Techasuep’s constant aggression. “I caught to the method of counter-attack throughout the bout and I feel she could not deal with it.
My coaches had advised me to not deviate from the plan and I did not,” Sakshi stated. Simrajit began off with a bit of luck however misplaced momentum in the second one around. On the other hand, she bounced again to clinch the 3rd in what in the long run turned into a slugfest.
On Thursday, Asian silver-medallist Ashish Kumar (75kg) will sq. off in opposition to Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu, who has been seeded fourth.
Ashish had crushed Uulu within the Asian Championship quarterfinals ultimate yr.
Within the night time consultation, global bronze-winner Manish Kaushik (63kg) will start his marketing campaign by way of taking up Taiwan’s Lai Chu-En, whilst Sachin Kumar (81kg) faces Samoa’s Dee Iaopo.
Each the Indians and their respective combatants were given opening-round byes and might be aiming to make the quarterfinals on Thursday.
