Thursday, April 12, 2012

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

Bantamweight (56 kg) - Final
Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Wessam Salamana (SYR) 18-11

Light Heavyweight (81 kg) - Final
Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Djakhon Kurbanov(TJK) 14-9

Shiva ended his impressive run at Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament with winning Gold beating Syria's Asian Games bronze medallist Wessam Salamana in the final ... In the first round both boxers started cautiously still Shiva won this round 5-4 ... Shiva continued with his good performance and won the second round 5-3 ... In the final round he dominated Salamana to win this round 8-4.

Sumit also won Gold beating Tajikistan's Asian Games winner Djakhon Kurbanov ... In the first round both boxers applied defensive tactics still Sumit won this round 2-1 ... Both boxers played cautiously, Sumit warned by referee for his defensive tactics ... This round ended with 5-all so Sumit was still leading by a single point after the second round, 7-6 ... In the third round Kurbanov received warning by referee ... Surprised by boring bout from Tajikistan's Djakhon Kurbanov ... In the third round Sumit scored more points and won it 7-3 to completed the victory.

Creditable performance from our young boxers Shiva and Sumit to win the gold in this Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament ... So 2 golds from 2 finals for us.

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