Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Boxing News
At Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 2012, Astana, Kazakhstan

Bantamweight - 56 kg
[SF] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Satoshi Shimizu (JPN) 31-17

[F] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Wessam Salamana (SYR)

Middleweight - 75 kg
[SF] Vijender Singh (IND) l Nursahat Pazziyev (TKM) 7-10

Light Heavyweight - 81 kg
[SF] Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Ihab Almatdault (JOR) 24-12

[F] Sumit Sangwan (IND) vs Djakhon Kurbanov(TJK)

Heavyweight - 91 kg
[SF] Manpreet Singh (IND) l Ali Mazaheri (IRI) 6-13

Super Heavyweight - +91 kg
[SF] Paramjeet Samota (IND) l Soumar Ghosoun (SYR) 12-23

18 yrs old Shiva Thapa become 6th boxer to qualify for London Olympic and also become youngest Indian boxer to qualify for Olympic ... He defeated experienced Japanese boxer in very convincing fashion ... After first round Shiva was 6-7 down but he take control from the second ... Showing tremendous attacking skill he won the second round 15-6 to take lead 21-13 ... In the third round also he dominated and won it 10-4 to complete very creditable win ... In the final he is facing another experienced boxer Syria's Asian Games bronze medallist Wessam Salamana.

Another young boxer 18 yrs old Sumit Sangwan qualify for London Olympic becoming 7th boxer ... Sumit defeated Jordan boxer Ahmad Suleiman Al-Teimat, who trained at Cuba, 24-12 ... Sumit won all three rounds ... He won the first round 5-3 but won convincingly in the second round 11-4 and then in the third also he controlled to win it 8-5 ... In the final he is facing Tajikistan's Asian Games winner Djakhon Kurbanov.

Disappointed loss for Vijender against Turkmenistan's Youth Olympic Games bronze medallist Nursahat Pazziyev ... All three rounds won by young Turkmenistan's boxer by a single point, 3-2, 3-2 and 4-3 ... Expected gold from Vijender.

Iranian multiple Asian champion Ali Mazaheri proved strong for Manpreet Singh ... With this loss Manpreet's dream of qualifying for Olympic is broken ... After the first round Manpreet was leading 3-2 but after that Ali Mazaheri didn't give any chance to him ... Ali won next two rounds 5-2 and 6-1 to move into the final.

Syria's Asian Championships silver medallist Sumar Ghossoun proved too strong for Paramjeet Samota ... Ghossoun won all three rounds, 6-3, 10-4 and 7-5.

So after this Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament our total seven boxers are qualified for London Olympics ... This is our biggest contingent for boxing ... Really creditable performance.

London Olympic Qualifiers - Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (49 kg) - Devendro Singh
Men's Bantamweight (56 kg) - Shiva Thapa
Men's Lightweight (60 kg) - Jai Bhagwan
Men's Light Welterweight (64 kg) - Manoj Kumar
Men's Welterweight (69 kg) - Vikas Krishan Yadav
Men's Middleweight (75 kg) - Vijender Singh
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) - Sumit Sangwan

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