DUBAI: Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and debutant Varinder Singh (60kg) progressed into the semifinals since India’s assured trophy tally went to an unparalleled 14 from the Asian Boxing Championships on Wednesday. Panghal procured a second consecutive trophy after beating a stiff challenge in Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh at the last-eight point, while Varinder conquered Filipino Jere Samuel Dela Cruz 5-0. India’s previous best trophy haul was 13 which has been attained in 2019. Even the World Championship silver-winning Panghal, who’s bound for Tokyo Olympics, won 3-2 at a high-octane competition where he overcame a slow start and utilized his mix shouts to telling effect in the previous two rounds. After being marginally bested at the opening five minutes, the top-seeded Army guy’s trademark speed came to end in the next round since he dodged his competitor’s competitive efforts at linking. The Mongolian generated some nice body cries to unsettle Panghal but required many hits over the counter-attack. Panghal will square off from Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov. He’d conquered Bibossinov from the 2019 world championship event. National winner Varinder scored on counter-attacks contrary to the swift-moving Dela Cruz to procure a trophy on introduction at the function. Late on Tuesday night, Sanjeet (91kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg) along with also the Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg) combined Shiva Thapa (64kg) from the previous four phase after wins in their quarterfinal bouts. They added into the seven awards, such as the of six-time world winner M C Mary Kom (51kg), who were confident on the afternoon of attractions. India Open gold-winner Sanjeet defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 to put in the semifinals in the men’s draw Together with Thapa. His next competition is past version’s silver-medallist Sanjar Tursunov of Uzbekistan that has been seeded next season. At the women’s contest, Sakshi (54kg) got the best of Tajikistan’s Ruhafzo Haqazarova 5-0 to establish a battle against high seed Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan. Jaismine edged past Oyuntsetseg Yesugen of both Mongolia 4-1 and is square off from Vladislava Kukhta of Kazakhstan. Simranjit, that recently recovered in COVID-19, conquered Raykhona Kodirova of Uzbekistan 4-1. Her next competition can be a Kazakh at Rimma Volossenko.
Amit Panghal enters semis of Asian Boxing, India Ensured of 13 Awards
