Five-time Asian medalist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) is only one win away from turning into the primary Indian male boxer to win two World Championship medals after reaching the quarterfinals of the continuing version in Belgrade.
The 27-year-old from Assam went forward with a 4-1 win over France’s Lunas Hamraoui in a pre-quarterfinal match late on Monday. Thapa had claimed the bronze medal within the 2015 version of the event in Dohas.
He was the one Indian boxer to register a win on Monday after 4 different eventualists together with Asian silver medalist Deepak Bohria (51kg).
Thapa will face Turkey’s Kerem Ozmen within the quarter-finals on Tuesday night time.
Monday night time’s win was additionally a revenge for Thapa, who misplaced to Hamraoui on the Alexis Vastin Memorial Tournament in Nantes, France, final 12 months.
Apart from Thapa, 4 different Indians can even combat their quarterfinal conflict this night.
Akash Kumar (54kg) will tackle Joel Finol of Venezuela. Narendra Berwal (+92kg) will tackle Mohamed Abdullayev of Azerbaijan, whereas Nishant Dev (71kg) will tackle Russia’s Vadim Musaev.
Defending Asian champion Sanjeet (92kg), who was a quarter-finalist within the earlier version of the occasion, will face Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mohydin.
Prize cash of USD 100,000 can be given to the gold winners within the showpiece.
USD 50,000 is to be given to the silver medalists, and USD 25,000 can be awarded to each the bronze medalists. The complete prize cash is USD 2.6 million.
In the load classes, India is represented by its present nationwide champions.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
