Vishvanath Suresh, Akash Gorkha and Preet Malik advanced to the men's U-22 semi-finals after convincing wins in their respective bouts at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships here on Tuesday. (More Sports News)
ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships: Vishvanath, Akash And Preet Storm Into Semis
Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) led the charge for India as he beat Iran's Hassani Seyedarsham 5-0 in a one-sided quarter-final bout
Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) led the charge for India as he beat Iran's Hassani Seyedarsham 5-0 in a one-sided quarter-final bout.
Senior national champion Akash (60kg) outclassed Ebadi Arman of Iran with an identical 5-0 scoreline.
Preet (67kg) also didn't take much time before finishing the bout with a Referee Stopping the Contest (RSC) decision in the first round itself against Vietnam's Nguyen Duc Ngoc.
Kunal (75kg), however, bowed out after losing 0-5 against Iran's Mahshari Mohammad in the quarter-finals.
Jugnoo (86kg), Rhythm (+92kg), Tammana (50kg), Preeti (54kg) and Priyanka (60kg) will have their U-22 quarter-final bouts later on Tuesday.
The U-22 semi-finals will be played on Saturday.
On Monday night, Rahul Kundu (75kg), Lakshay Rathi (+92kg), Laxmi (50kg), Tamanna (54kg), Yatri Patel (57kg) and Shrusthi Sathe (63kg) emerged victorious to enter the semi-finals in the youth category.
On Wednesday, nine youth Indian boxers will compete in their respective quarter-final bouts: Aryan (51kg), Jatin (57kg), Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg), Priyanshu (71kg), Sahil (80kg) and Aryan (92kg) in the men바카라™s category, and Nisha (52kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg) and Rudrika (75kg) in the women바카라™s section.
Nearly 400 boxers from more than 24 countries are competing in the prestigious tournament across 25 weight categories.
The finals of the youth and U-22 category will be played on May 6 and 7 respectively.
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