Monday, May 08, 2017

Boxing News

At the Asian Championships 2017, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

India have seven boxers confirmed for the World Championships in Germany scheduled from August 25 ... The top six boxers from each weight category in the Asian event qualified for the championship.

Our four boxers have qualified after winning the medals, are the silver-medallists Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Sumit Sangwan (91kg) along with the bronze medal winning duo of Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Amit Phangal (49kg) ... Satish Kumar (+91kg), Manoj Kumar (69kg) and Kavinder Singh Bisht (52kg), who qualified for the World Championships after winning their respective box-offs ... Kavinder Singh Bisht (52kg) got a walkover against Malaysia's Salam Abdul Kasim ... Manoj prevailed in a split decision against second-seeded Chinese Liu Wei ... Satish sailed past China's Mu Haipeng in a unanimous verdict ... Before that Bisht, Manoj and Satish had lost in the quarterfinals of the Asian championships.

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