By Our Special Correspondent
Five-time Asian Championship medalist Shiva Thapa and Amit Panghal, along with six other pugilists, secured their place in the Indian men's boxing team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after registering victories in the trials finals held at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports here on Thursday.
Veteran boxer Thapa defeated 2018 CWG silver medalist Manish Kaushik 5-0 in the 63.5kg category while 2019 World Championship silver medalist Panghal defeated Services boxer Deepak 4-1 in the 51kg category. Position at the Quarterly Event.
The other six Indian pugilists who won the last day of the trials to retain their place in the Indian team at the Birmingham event were: 2018 bronze medalist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg), Rohit Tokas (67kg), and current national champion Sumit (75kg). ), Ashish Kumar (80 kg), Sanjeet (92 kg) and Sagar (+92 kg). The three-day event saw boxers battling in eight categories for a place in the 2022 CWG to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.
Thapa, the bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships, put pressure on Manish from the start before he won comfortably, while Panghal and Deepak fought fiercely throughout the bout, exchanging blows from close range, but using him to win in the end. Experience.
In the 57 kg category, Hussamuddin excelled in clean and technical boxing, defeating 2019 Asian Championship silver medalist Kavinder Singh Bisht 4-1, while Railways boxer Rohit beat Aditya Pratap Yadav of Uttar Pradesh 3-3. 2 win in Welterweight competition.
Meanwhile, in the 92 kg category, Sanjeet defeated Naveen Kumar 4-1. It was a one-way show in the rest of the bouts as Sumit, Ashish and Sanjeet all won the respective finals 5-0 in the same final. The Indian boxers finished second in the 2018 CWG, winning nine medals, including three gold and several silver and bronze. The women's trials for the Birmingham Games will be held next week at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.
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