DUBAI: Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) along with the redoubtable Vikas Krishan (69kg) were one of three Indian fighters who progressed into the semifinals on Wednesday because the nation promised itself of the unparalleled trophy haul of 15 from the Asian Boxing Championships. Debutant Varinder Singh (60kg) has been another Indian to create the previous four. Panghal procured a second consecutive medal 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. Vikas subsequently pulled a hard-fought 4-1 victory over Iran’s Moslem Maghsoudi Mal Amir since India surpassed its previous best trophy haul of 13 which has been attained from the 2019 variant. 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 used his new mix cries to telling effect in the previous two rounds. After being marginally bested at the opening five minutes, the top-seeded Army guy’s signature rate came to the end in the next round because he dodged his competitor’s aggressive 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. Vikas, additionally Tokyo-bound, played with his typical defensive match but has been pushed very difficult by Amir, who gave the Indian a cut over his left eye. Vikas has put a mouthwatering semifinal clash with top seed and defending champion Bobo-Usmon Baturov of Uzbekistan. Baturov can also be the reigning Asian Games winner and a bronze-medallist in the world championships. 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) within 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, Vikas at semis; India Guaranteed of 15 medals in Asian Boxing
