DUBAI: Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) fought hard but Moved to Uzbekistan’s reigning world champion Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov from the quarterfinals of the Asian Boxing Championship on Tuesday.
The Indian fighter dropped 1-4 after committing the top-seeded defending winner a significant struggle. Mirzahalilov, who’s also the Asian Games winner, has been caught off guard from Hussamuddin’s strong counter-attacks on over 1 event. On the other hand, the Uzbek’s guaranteed footwork along with precisely-placed straights to get the vast majority of this bout, aided him to seal it in the long run. In a second disappointment for India,” Iran’s Meysam Gheslaghi conquered Sumit Sangwan from the men’s light heavyweight (81kg) branch in a late Monday nighttime parade. On Wednesday, India’s Olympic-bound guys pugilists Amit Panghal (52kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) will kickstart their effort. World Championships silver-medallist and defending winner Panghal will confront Mongolia’s Kharkhuu Enkhmandakh. Both last confronted each other in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Amman, Jordan this past year at which the Indian had succeeded in an gruelling competition. Asian Games winner Vikas Krishan will square off against Iran’s Moslem Malamir, although past version’s silver-winner Ashish will confront World Championships and Asian Games silver-medallist Abilkhan Amankul of Kazakhstan.
