Five-time Asian Championships medalists Shiv Thapa and Amit Panghal secured their places in the Indian men’s boxing squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games along with six other boxers after winning the finals of the trials at Netaji Subhas National Institute of India. Play on Thursday.
While veteran boxer Thapa beat 2018 CWG silver medalist Manish Kaushik 5-0 to secure his place in the 63.5kg category, 2019 World Championships silver medalist, Panghal, served boxer Deepak to secure himself in the 51kg division. divided by 4-1. A position in the quadrilateral event.
The other six Indian boxers who emerged victorious to cement their place in the Indian contingent for the Birmingham event on the final day of the trials were: 2018 bronze medalist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), national champion Sumit ( 75kg), Ashish Kumar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg) and Sagar (+92kg).
Boxers competed in eight categories in a three-day event to make it to the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham from 28 July to 8 August.
2015 World Championship bronze medalist Thapa put pressure on Manish from the start before securing an easy win, while Panghal and Deepak, on the other hand, fought fiercely throughout the match, exchanging blows from close range, but the former drew on their experience. Finally won using .
In the 57kg category, Husamuddin displayed a brilliant display of clean and technical boxing to claim a 4-1 victory against 2019 Asian Championship silver medalist Kavinder Singh Bisht, while railway boxer Rohit defeated Aditya Pratap Yadav of Uttar Pradesh. defeated by 3. -2 victory in a closely contested welterweight competition.
Another highlight of the day was Sagar, who performed brilliantly against defending national champion Narendra in the 92kg final. Sagar had an impressive performance in the event, which also saw him outdoing Tokyo Olympics quarter-finalist Satish Kumar in the last-4 stage.
Starting the bout with confidence, Sagar used an aggressive instinct from the start and kept the pressure on his opponent throughout the bout before winning 5-0.
Meanwhile, Sanjeet registered a 4-1 win against Naveen Kumar in the 92kg category.
It was a one-sided performance in the rest of the matches as Sumit, Ashish and Sanjeet all put on dominating performances in the respective finals to win by the same 5-0 margin.
Indian boxers finished second at the 2018 CWG with nine medals, including three gold and as many silver and bronze medals.
The women’s trials for the Birmingham Games will take place next week at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.
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