Boxing News

At 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Baku, Azerbaijan

Middleweight (75 kg)
[R1] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bye
[R2] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Makoto Takahashi (JPN) 3-0
[R3] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Zaal Kvachatadze (GEO) 3-0
[QF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Lee Dong-yun (KOR) 3-0

[SF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) vs Arslanbek Achilov (TKM)

Light welterweight (64 kg)
[R1] Manoj Kumar (IND) bt Danielito Zorrilla (PUR) 2-1
[R2] Manoj Kumar (IND) bt Eslam Mohamed (EGY) 3-0
[R3] Manoj Kumar (IND) bt Ayrin Ismetov (BUL) 3-0
[QF] Manoj Kumar (IND) bt Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (TJK) 3-0

[SF] Manoj Kumar (IND) vs Pat McCormack (GBR)

Light heavyweight (81 kg)
[R1] Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Andrew Fermin (TTO) 3-0
[R2] Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Jonathan Esquivel (USA) 2-1
[R3] Sumit Sangwan (IND) bt Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL) 3-0
[QF] Sumit Sangwan (IND) l (1) Petr Khamukov (RUS) 0-3

Our two boxers join Shiva Thapa in Rio ... Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan have won their quarterfinal bouts 3-0 against boxers from Tajikistan and Korea respectively to grab quota places for India for Rio Olympics ... This is really good result for us ... Sumit Sangwan was in the quarters but faced WR #6 and top-seed Russian boxer for grabbing quota place for Rio ... In that bout Russian boxer proved better boxer.