Amit Panghal begins with win in World Military Games
Other Sports | October 19, 2019 23:04 ISTPanghal beat Douglas Andrade of Brazil 4-1, while Chirag (56kg) defeated Zambia's Katanga Christopher 5-0.
Panghal beat Douglas Andrade of Brazil 4-1, while Chirag (56kg) defeated Zambia's Katanga Christopher 5-0.
Nikhat Zareen had written a letter to Kiren Rijiju, demanding that she be given a trial bout against Mary Kom before the Indian squad for next year's Olympic qualifiers in China is decided.
Patrick Day had brain surgery after being knocked out in the 10th round Saturday night at Wintrust Arena against Charles Conwell.
Amit Panghal will take on Kazakhstan's Saken Bibossinov while Manish Kaushik will take on Cuban top seed Andy Gomez Cruz.
Panghal and Kaushik have entered the semis, making it the first time when India have more than one boxer left in fray for the medal rounds of the boxing world championships.
Amit Panghal, Kavinder Singh Bisht, Manish Kaushik and Sanjeet reached the quarterfinals of the ongoing World Men's Championships in Russia.
BFI had cancelled trials in Mary Kom's 51kg category for the World Boxing Championships and had sent her name for it based on her past performances.
Strandja Memorial bronze medallist Neeraj and Alessia had the crowd on their feet with their exceptional display of attacking boxing.
Male pugilists Neeraj Swami (49kg) and Dinesh Dagar (69kg) had earlier assured themselves of a medal each after making their way into the semifinals.
Amir has expressed a desire to lock horns with Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender a number of times but the bout has not materialised yet.
Neeraj Goyat was set to take on Khan, a two-time world champion, in the WBC Pearl World Championship bout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 12.
Amir Khan, the Pakistan origin British boxer, said he would take revenge of Pakistan's defeat against India's Neeraj Goyat in their upcoming fight scheduled on July 12.
India swept the medals in four men's categories (52kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg) and three in women's (51kg, 57kg and 75kg) to conclude their campaign with 12 of the 18 gold medals up for grabs.
Mary Kom was reacting to former world junior champion Nikhat Zareen's comments in the media that she was excited to take on her 'idol' and she would "put up a strong fight by using her brain".
Apart from Shiva Thapa and Mohammed Hussamuddin, Dinesh Dagar (69kg), Naveen Kumar (+91kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht and rookie Govind Sahani (49kg) reached the final.
Vikas Krishan defeated America's Steven Andrade via Technical Knockout in just two rounds on Friday.
Deontay Wilder (40-0-1) floored Tyson Fury (27-0-1) in the ninth and final rounds, yet Fury clearly outboxed Wilder for large portions of their meeting at Staples Centre.
The AIBA's finances were a cause of concern for the International Olympic Committee, which is still to take a final call on whether to retain boxing in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
The AIBA said it has worked hard towards reforming its systems, most notably scoring, which has often been lambasted as opaque by critics.
Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkable tally of five gold medals and a silver to her credit. She last won a world championship medal in 2010 -- a 48kg category gold.
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