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At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[SF] Shiva Thapa (IND) l Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB) 0-3 (28-29, 28-29, 28-29)

Uzbek Boxer Akhmadaliev proves better than Shiva in this bout ... Shiva tried hard in this close bout but failed to overcome challenge of Akhmadaliev in three entertaining rounds ... Shiva becomes only third Indian boxer to win World championship medal.

Boxing News

At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[QF] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Hakan Erseker (QAT) 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

[SF] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB)

Middleweight (75 kg)
[QF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) lHosam Abdin (EGY) 0-3 (28-29, 27-30, 27-30)

Shiva Thapa secure Rio Olympics quota place in the style after outperforming local favorite #4 seed Hakan Erseker in one-sided match ... As three boxers are going to secure quota places from Bantamweight ... And from four semi-finalists Irishman Michael Conlan is already secured quota place as #2 in World Series of Boxing (WSB) World Rankings after June 2015 ... In the semis he is facing Uzbek boxer Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

Other hand Vikas Krishan lose in the quarters against Hosam Abdin ... Abdin was a better boxer in the bout.

Boxing News

At 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, Doha, Qatar

Light flyweight (49 kg)
[R1] Devendro Singh (IND) l Harvey Horn (GBR) 1-2

Flyweight (52 kg)
[R1] Madan Lal (IND) l Vincenzo Picardi (ITA) KO

Bantamweight (56 kg)
[R1] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Khalil Litim (ALG) 2-1
[R2] Shiva Thapa (IND) bt Mohamed Hamout (MAR) KO

[QF] Shiva Thapa (IND) vs Hakan Erseker (QAT)

Light welterweight (64 kg)
[R1] Manoj Kumar (IND) l Abdelhak Aatakni (MAR) 1-2

Middleweight (75 kg)
[R1] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Zoltán Harcsa (HUN) 3-0
[R2] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) bt Tomasz Jablonski (POL) 2-1

[QF] Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND) vs Hosam Abdin (EGY)

Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
[R1] Satish Kumar (IND) l Ali Demirezen (TUR) 0-3

Shiva Thapa and Vikas Krishan enter into the quarter finals of World Boxing Championship keeping their hope alive for securing qualification for Olympics ... Our all other four boxers lost their bout in their first match itself.