DUBAI: Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) progressed into the semifinals and ensured himself of another successive trophy in the Asian Boxing Championships after beating a stiff challenge by Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh at the last-eight point on Wednesday. On this India’s tally of guaranteed awards swelled to 13. Even the World Championship silver-winning Indian won 3-2 at a high-octane competition where he overcame a slow start and used his new mix shouts to telling effect in the previous two rounds. After being marginally bested at the opening five minutes, then the Army guy’s signature rate came to the end in the next round because 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. 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 opponent can be a Kazakh at Rimma Volossenko.