India’s Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet storm to the final of Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing

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Astana (Kazakhstan), May 4 Four Indian boxers Akash Gorkha, Vishvanath Suresh, Nikhil and Preet Malik advanced to the U-22 men’s final at the 2024 ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships on Saturday.

Senior national champion Akash extended his dominant run in the 60kg category with a 5-0 win over Ilyasov Sayat of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.

After reviewing the fight, reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) won 5-2 against Baricuatro Bryan from the Philippines. The other two U-22 men’s semi-finalists, Nikhil (57kg) and Preet (67kg), also won their fights with a similar 5-2 scoreline after a fight review against Mongolians Dorjnyambuu Ganbold and Almaz Orozbekov of Kyrgyzstan respectively.

Meanwhile, it was heartbreak for M. Jadumani Singh (51 kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5 kg), Ankush (71 kg), Dhruv Singh (80 kg), Jugnoo (86 kg) and Yuvraj (92 kg) then they ended their campaigns with bronze medals. after their losses in the U-22 semi-final.

Later on Saturday evening, nine female boxers, including Olympian Preeti (54kg), will be in action in the U-22 semi-finals.

The U-22 finals will be played on Tuesday.

In the youth women’s semi-finals on Friday evening, reigning world junior champion Nisha (52kg) and Asian junior champion Nikita Chand (60kg) advanced to the final along with five other boxers.

Lakshay Rathi (92+kg), Annu (48kg), Yatri Patel (57kg), Parthavi Grewal (66kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg) and Nirjhara Bana (+81kg) suffered defeat to end their campaigns with bronze medals in the youth category .

The youth final will now have 14 Indian boxers, with seven each competing for the gold in both the men’s and women’s categories.

The finals for the youth category will be played on Monday.

In all, Indian boxers bagged 43 medals in the prestigious tournament, which witnessed thrill-packed action with the presence of over 390 boxers from over 24 countries, including boxing stalwarts like China, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. for the medals in 25 weight categories.

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