Sunday, April 08, 2012

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

Middleweight - 75 kg
[QF] Vijender Singh (IND) bt Chuluuntumur Tumurkhuyag (MGL) 27-17

[SF] Vijender Singh (IND) vs Nursahat Pazziyev (TKM)

Light Heavyweight - 81 kg
[QF] Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Hyeong Kyu Kim (KOR) 22-12

[SF] Sumit Sangwan (IND) vs Ahmad Suleiman Al-Teimat (JOR)

Heavyweight - 91 kg
[QF] Manpreet Singh (IND) bt Chyngyz Borbashev (KGZ) 8-4 RSC

[SF] Manpreet Singh (IND) vs Ali Mazaheri (IRI)

Vijender Singh become fifth boxer to qualify for London Olympic ... Vijender defeated Mongolian Chuluuntumur Tumurkhuyag in quarter-final ... Vijender had a slow start, he was 4-6 down after the first round but gained lead after winning second round 13-11 ... In the final round he didn't give any chance to Mongolian after dominating it, he won this round 14-6 ... In the semi-final he is facing Turkmenistan's Youth Olympic Games bronze medallist Nursahat Pazziyev.

Manpreet Singh scored another impressive win against Borbashev ... Manpreet was leading 8-4 in the first round when refree stopped the match ... So 2 consecutive RSC win for Manpreet ... Next he is facing former multiple Asian champion Iranian Ali Mazaheri, who also won with RSC.

18 yrs old Sumit Sangwan continues with impressive performance ... He is only one win away from qualifying for London Olympic ... In the quarters he scored authoritative win against regaining Asian Champion South Korean Kim Hyeong Kyu ... After the first round both boxers were tied 4-all but from the second round Sumit take control winning it 7-3 ... In the final round Sumit dominated Kim to won it 11-5 ... Next in the semis he is facing Jordan boxer Ahmad Suleiman Al-Teimat, who was training at Cuba for 15 days before this tournament.

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