Shiva Thapa, Mohammed Hussamuddin give India profitable begin at Asian Boxing Championships

Shiva Thapa (64kg) and Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) gave India the proper begin on the Asian Boxing Championships, storming into the quarterfinals with spectacular victories right here on Monday.
Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Hussamuddin (56kg) defeated Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan in his opening bout. Later, Thapa, who’s chasing a fifth successive medal on the occasion, acquired the higher of Kyrgyzstan’s Dmitri Puchinn.
Both the boxers received 5-0. Hussamuddin has an actual robust one subsequent up as he will likely be taking over reigning world and Asian Games champion Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov of Uzbekistan.
Mirzahalilov is the highest seed within the draw and is the defending champion as effectively. Thapa, then again, will sq. off towards Kuwait’s Nader Odah, who acquired a primary spherical bye.
The score-line may counsel in any other case, however Hussamuddin was locked in a gruelling battle with the 19-year-old Asian youth champion. The trade of blows was fierce as the 2 boxers put up an entertaining present.
The Indian, nonetheless, proved to be a greater defender than the Kazakh, who relied simply too closely on counter-attacks. Thapa, then again, wasn’t examined an excessive amount of towards Puchinn, who took fairly some time to even land his first blow.
The Kyrgyz boxer’s withdrawn strategy labored effectively for the previous champion, who didn’t need to attempt too arduous to interrupt by his defences. Thapa dominated all three rounds within the contest and acquired a unanimous verdict from the judges.
On Tuesday, Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jasmine (57kg) and Sanjeet (91kg) will battle their respective last-8 stage bouts on the occasion which is being collectively hosted by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and the UAE Boxing Federation.
The continental showpiece options 150 pugilists from 17 nations this 12 months together with sturdy boxing nations reminiscent of Uzbekistan, Philippines and Kazakhstan.
India’s best-ever present on the Asian Championship was within the 2019 version in Bangkok the place the nation secured an unprecedented 13 medals together with two gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze.