The skilful trio of Sanjeet (92kg), Shiv Thapa (63.5kg) and Mohammad Husamuddin (57kg) are only one win away from making it to India’s World Championship squad after getting into the ultimate of the boys’s nationwide boxing championships right here on Monday. Was.
Asian gold medalist Sanjeet, representing the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), proved too robust for Delhi’s Harsh Kaushik as he registered a 5-0 win.
Sanjeet will face Haryana’s Naveen Kumar within the last. Naveen dismissed Raghav Chaudhary of Punjab.
Another SSCB boxer, Husamuddin, nevertheless, confronted a tricky problem from in-form youth world champion Sachin of Haryana.
Defending champion Husamuddin needed to work onerous earlier than securing a 4-1 victory in an intense semi-final bout. In the gold medal match, he’ll face Delhi’s Rohit Mor.
Later, 2015 World Championships bronze medalist Thapa registered a unanimous 5-0 resolution win over Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Yadav.
The five-time Asian medalist will tackle SSCB’s Dalveer Singh Tomar within the last on Tuesday.
Deepak (51kg), Akash (54kg), Etash Khan Mohammad (60kg), Akash (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Sachin Kumar (80kg), Lakshya (86kg) and Narendra (+92kg) ) had been different SSCB boxers. decisive.
Chandigarh’s Kuldeep Kumar (48kg) and Sagar (+92kg) additionally made it to the finals with equally spectacular victories.
While Kuldeep Kumar defeated Ravi Kumar of Uttar Pradesh by a unanimous margin, Sagar additionally comfortably defeated Reynold Joseph of Maharashtra when the referee stopped the match in his favour.
For Karnataka, Nishant Dev additionally booked the final berth within the 71kg class. Nishant defeated Yashpal of Haryana with a straightforward 5-0 win.
The championship gold medalists will earn an opportunity to characterize the nation on the World Championships to be held in Serbia from 24 October to six November.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
