Asian Boxing Championships: Sanjeet Kumar wins India’s 2nd gold after beating Vassiliy Levit in 91kg last

Second-seeded Sanjeet was declared the winner by a 3-2 cut up choice towards the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan. Second-seeded Sanjeet was declared the winner by a 3-2 cut up choice (BFI Twitter Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSanjeet Kumar beat Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan within the males’s 91kg lastSanjeet is the 2nd gold-medal winner for India on this version after Pooja RaniThe Indian contingent has already ensured their best-ever present by securing an unprecedented 18 medalsIndia’s marketing campaign on Monday got here to an outstanding finish after two disappointments as Sanjeet Kumar received the second gold medal for the nation on the Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai.Second-seeded Sanjeet was declared the winner by a 3-2 cut up choice towards the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan.Sanjeet is the second gold-medal winner on this version for India after Pooja Rani, who beat Mavluda Movlonova within the girls’s 75kg last on Sunday.The Indian contingent has already ensured their best-ever present by securing an unprecedented 18 medals, together with 2 golds, and bettered the earlier highest of 13 medals (2 gold, 4 silver and seven bronze).#Sanjeet wins medal for in fashion. He defeated five-time Asian Championship medalist and Rio Olympic silver medallist within the Final of 2021 ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai #PunchMeinHaiDum#AsianEliteBoxingChampionships pic.twitter.com/VtUEhME20k— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) May 31, 2021
Sanjeet’s win got here simply minutes after the opposite males’s boxers from the nation – Amit Panghal and Shiva Thapa – misplaced their respective finals within the 52kg and 64kg classes, respectively.Thapa, India’s most-accomplished male boxer within the event’s historical past, clinched his fifth Asian Boxing Championships medal after settling for silver towards Baatarsukh Chinzorig. The Mongolian boxer was declared the winner by a 3-2 cut up choice, elevating some eyebrows within the area.Panghal additionally misplaced his match by cut up choice, taking place towards reigning Olympic and world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan within the males’s 52kg last. But the choice was contested by the Indian contingent, who’ve lodged an official protest, the results of which is but to be introduced.Click right here for IndiaRight this moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.