Rohit Chamoli (48kg), Ankush (66kg) and Gaurav Saini (70kg) assured themselves of at the very least a bronze medal as they entered the semi-finals of the ASBC Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai.
Three different Indian boxers additionally registered victories on the primary day of the event.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 🔥
Our junior boys put up a dominating efficiency on Day 1️ to cruise by way of to the subsequent spherical of the ASBC Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ in Dubai.#PunchMeinHaiDum#boxing pic.twitter.com/G4onydDyzG
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) 21 August 2021
Providing India an ideal tempo within the junior boys’ part, Chandigarh’s Chamoli beat Alhasan Kados Shriya 5-0, whereas Ankush beat Kuwait’s Badar Shehab 5-0.
Haryana’s Saini additionally dominated the second spherical match towards one other Kuwaiti boxer Yakub Sadallah earlier than being declared the winner with the referee Stopping the Contest (RSC).
Ashish (54kg), Anshul (57kg) and Preet Malik (63kg) had been the opposite three junior boxers to win their respective opening spherical matches.
On the opposite hand, Yashvardhan Singh (60kg), Usman Mohammad Sultan (50kg), Naksh Beniwal (75kg) and Rishabh Singh (81kg) misplaced their respective opening bouts.
2021 World Youth Championships bronze medalist Vishwamitra Chongtham will start his marketing campaign within the prestigious continental occasion as six younger Indian boxers can be seen in motion on the second day.
Apart from Vishwamitra, Daksha Singh (67kg), Deepak (75kg), Aditya Janghu (86kg), Abhimanyu Laura (92) and Preeti (57kg) will play their first spherical matches.
The ongoing Asian Championships after a niche of just about two years because of the pandemic will present the a lot wanted aggressive event to the promising younger expertise on the Asian degree.
The gold medalists within the youth age group will obtain a prize cash of USD 6,000, whereas the silver and bronze medalists will obtain a prize cash of USD 3,000 and USD 1,500, respectively.
However, the junior champion can be awarded USD 4,000 and USD 2,000 and $1,000 for the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
