DUBAI: Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) out-punched familiar foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan to Go into the Closing of the Asian Boxing Championships on Friday.
The top-seeded Indian conquered Bibossinov 5-0.
The Kazakh is a world championship bronze-medallist and’d dropped to silver-winner Panghal at the semifinals of the event also.
Panghal was in prime form since he took charge with his eloquent counter-attacks from the weaker Bibossinov.
The Indian performed the waiting game to perfection because the third-seeded Bibossinov’s strategy to dazzle him early aggression dropped flat as the bout progressed.
The world number one from Haryana became the aggressor at the last round as Bibossinov conducted out of steam.
On Thursday evening, four Indian girls boxers had progressed into the finals.
Six-time world winner MC Mary Kom (51kg), Lalbuatsaihi (64kg), Pooja Rani (75kg) and also Anupama (+81kg) won their charms to create the summit battle.
Of them, Pooja acquired a walkover following her competition pulled out.
It was heartbreak for tenth planet youth winner Sakshi Choudhary (54kg) because she dropped her final place following her rival, top-seeded Kazakh Dina Zholaman, successfully contested the narrow success which she’d clinched at the last-four period.
Sakshi had prevailed 3-2 in the law but the conclusion has been contested by the Kazakh group and finally overturned.
