3 Indian pugilists, together with international championship silver medallist Amit Panghal, punched their approach into the finals of the Thailand Open boxing event in Phuket on Friday. Ananta Pralhad (54kg), Sumit (75kg) and Panghal (52kg) confident India of a minimum of a silver as they complex to the finals.
Manisha (57kg), Pooja (69kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (75kg), alternatively, signed off with bronze medals after shedding their respective semifinal bouts. Seven Indian boxers will battle for gold as Ashish Kumar (81kg), Monika (48kg), Govind Sahani (48kg) and Varinder Singh (60kg) had entered the finals in their respective occasions on Wednesday.
Competing in his first world event for the reason that Tokyo Olympics, Panghal (52 kg), the silver medallists on the 2019 international championships, ruled the bout, touchdown a flurry of punches to overcome Tran Van Thao of Vietnam by way of unanimous choice.
In every other males’s bout, Sumit stamped his authority to get the easier of Kazakhstan’s Ayatulla Takiz and make sure his position within the ultimate. Within the ladies’s 54kg semifinal, Ananta out-punched Vietnamese boxer Bui Tron Thai to check in an authoritative 5-0 win.
Then again, Manisha, Pooja and Bhagyabati had been not able to advance to the finals. Whilst Manisha and Pooja misplaced to Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, Italy’s Irma Testa and Thailand’s Baisin Manikon, respectively by way of an an identical 1-4 margin, Bhagyabati fell to a 0-5 defeat by the hands of Hergie Bacyadan of Philippines.
The gold medallists on the event will earn USD 2,000 every, whilst the silver and bronze winners will pocket USD 1,000 and USD 500. respectively. The Indian contingent had gained 8 medals, together with one gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze, within the closing version of the event, held in 2019