ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships: Indian boxers guaranteed 43 medals

On May 4, 2024By Vaseline

Akash Gorkha, Vishvanath Suresh, Nikhil and Preet Malik advanced to the U-22 men’s final as Indian boxers confirmed an unprecedented 43 medals across categories at the 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 victory over Ilyasov Sayat of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.

Reigning youth world champion Vishvanath (48kg) won 5-2 against Baricuatro Bryan of the Philippines after the fight was reviewed.

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The other two semi-finalists, Nikhil (57kg) and Preet (67kg), also won their fights with a similar 5-2 scoreline after a review against Mongolians Dorjnyambuu Ganbold and Almaz Orozbekov of Kyrgyzstan respectively.

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

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 played on Friday evening, reigning junior world champion Nisha (52kg) and Asian youth 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) were defeated 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.