Mary Kom in Asian Championship finals

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Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51 kg) defeated Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg of Mongolia to enter the finals of the Asian Boxing Championships right here on Thursday.

Mary Kom prevailed in a 4–1 break up resolution.

However, Monika (48 kg) needed to accept the bronze medal after her 0–5 loss to second seed Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan.

The top-seeded Mary Kom dug out of her huge repository of expertise to beat Spirit Altentasset, and her proper hook was significantly spectacular that day.

The 38-year-old will now race for her sixth gold medal within the Continental Showpiece.

Earlier, in an intense match, Monica couldn’t preserve tempo with Balkibekova, who cleverly dodged Indian assaults and added some catchy punches to dominate the proceedings.

Ashish Kumar (75kg), who certified for the Olympics on Wednesday night time, suffered a 2-3 defeat to Asian Games silver medalist Abilkhan Amankul of Kazakhstan within the quarter-finals.

At the identical time, Narendra (+91 kg) was happening within the quarter. He misplaced 0–5 to Kamashibek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan.

On Friday, 5 Indian males – Amit Panghal (52 kg), Varinder Singh (60 kg), Shiva Thapa (64 kg), Vikas Krishna (69 kg) and Sanjeet (91 kg) will conflict within the semi-finals.

Of these, Panghal and Krishna are certain for the Tokyo Olympics.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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