Six Indians in finals of Asian Youth boxing in Dubai
Other Sports | August 26, 2021 10:54 ISTOf the six Indians who made the summit clashes, two were men and four women.
Of the six Indians who made the summit clashes, two were men and four women.
In the junior boys' category, Rohit (48kg), Ankush (66kg) and Gaurav (70kg) claimed confident victories against their respective opponents and confirmed medals for the country.
India would be represented by a contingent of 73 -- two squads for men (junior and youth) and two squads for women (junior and youth) -- in the tournament featuring over 250 boxers.
Ashish's maiden Olympic appearance ended with an opening-round loss to China's Erbieke Touheta.
Borgohain goes home a history-maker as the 23-year-old, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece.
Lovlina, the two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist, lost all three rounds by unanimous decision, ending her debut stint at the Games with a bronze.
The 23-year-old from Assam, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece.
Mourad Aliev reacted with outrage when the referee disqualified him for headbutting opponent Frazer Clarke with 4seconds left in the second round.
Panghal loses 4-1 in a split verdict to Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez in the flyweight category of the Tokyo Olympics.
India's Mary Kom hit the winning note to start her campaign in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beating Dominica's Miguelina Garcia Hernandez in the round-of-16.
The last edition of Youth Boxing Nationals were held in June 2019 with Services Sports Control Board and Haryana emerging as the overall champions in men's and women's categories respectively.
Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar paid tribute to the former Indian boxer Dingko Singh by sharing a heartfelt note on Twitter.
He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to ill-health about 10 days ago.
The boxer won his first professional bout against Ramos in a four round unanimous decision in the super welterweight category on Saturday.
The tournament was to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from May 21 to 31 in the national capital, which is recording over 20,000 daily cases right now.
Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (69kg), Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Ankit Narwal (64kg), Vishal Gupta (91kg), Bishwamitra Chongtham (49kg) and Sachin (56kg) assured themselves of at least a bronze by advancing to the last-four stage.
The winners, apart from Arundhati, were Akash Gorkha (60kg), Sumit (69kg) and Gitika (48kg).
A fortnight ago, 10 boxers, including men's chief coach CA Kuttappa, contacted the virus and were isolated.
Spinks won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight in 1978.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) had sanctioned a Europe tour for 16 elite Indian boxer for a period of 52 days from October to December.
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