Delhi boxer Mohammad Azhar was topped the WBC India Champion within the tremendous featherweight division after registering a unanimous victory over Dharamvir Singh right here.
After 32 minutes of boxing on Sunday night time, the judges scored in favor of Azhar in fights 79-72, 76-75 and 79-72.
Azhar, 25, misplaced within the first spherical to all three judges’ playing cards however went on to win the subsequent seven rounds.
Azhar proved to be a greater technical fighter within the face of the partisan crowd. He now holds the report for a number of losses with 5 wins and 4 knockouts.
Azhar stated, “I was comfortable, just doing what I do best.”
“The game plan was to hit and not get hit. I put up a good smart fight. He couldn’t hit me with any of his best shots.” Dharamveer, then again, has a report of seven wins and 4 losses. His final loss was three years in the past earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seven extra fights had been seen within the battle night time sanctioned by the Indian Boxing Council.
Jaskaran Singh of Punjab gained a one level determination over compatriot Harsmardeep Singh in an exhilarating four-round cruiserweight occasion.
Middleweight Shiva gained a virtually six-round bout towards Karanjit Singh.
Shiva was making a comeback after two years and seemed very dangerous within the preliminary section. Karanjit seemed snug regardless of his report of 4 losses and held on within the second and third rounds as effectively. But Shiva stayed. The closing scores had been 58-56, 58-56, 58-56.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
