Shiva Thapa, Sanjeet and Rohit qualify for Boxing World Championships after successful gold medal at Nationals

Star boxers Shiva Thapa and Sanjeet booked their locations for subsequent month’s World Championships by successful gold medals of their respective weight classes on the Men’s National Boxing Championships in Bellary on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Rohit Mor surprised defending champion Mohammad Hussamuddin to win the gold within the 57kg class.All the winners of the nationwide boxing championships will qualify for the world championships, which will likely be held in Belgrade, Serbia from October 24 to November 6.Deepak Kumar (51kg), Akash (54kg), Akash (67), Sumit (75kg), Sachin Kumar (80kg), Lakshya (86kg) and Narender (+92kg) additionally secured gold medals by successful their respective last bouts on the Inspire Institute of Sports. All of them are from Services crew.All of them, besides Shiva, will likely be competing of their maiden world championships.Rohit Mor reigns supremeDelhi boxer Mor dished out a dominating 5-0 win over Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hussamuddin, one of many robust contenders for the title within the 57kg.Reigning Asian champion Sanjeet, additionally representing Services, outclassed Haryana’s Naveen Kumar by unanimous determination.Seasoned boxer Shiva Thapa of Assam, a bronze medallist on the 2015 world championships and in addition a five-time Asian medallist, efficiently defended his title as he recorded a simple 5-0 win over Dalveer Singh Tomar of Services within the 63.5kg last.Karnataka’s Nishant Dev additionally continued his good run on the championships. He blanked Amit Kumar of Daman, Diu & Nagar Haveli to win the 71kg title.Deepak, an Asian championships silver medallist, was adjudged finest boxer of the championships for his spectacular efficiency.Services defended their crew championship title as they received 12 medals — 8 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.Railway (2 gold, 2 bronze and three silver) and Delhi (1 gold, 4 bronze) claimed the second and third place respectively.For Railways, Varinder Singh (60kg) and Govind Sahani (48kg) claimed gold medals with equivalent unanimous victories. While the 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist Varinder defeated Services’ Etash Khan Muhammed, Govind received the higher of Chandigarh’s Kuldeep Kumar.The Championships, which returned after a niche of 1 12 months on account of COVID-19 pandemic, noticed participation of 35 States/UT items and Boards and near 400 boxers.While the gold and silver medallists from every class of the Championships will even get direct entry into the nationwide teaching camp, the 2 bronze medallists will participate within the choice trials the place they’ll compete alongside the boxers representing the second crew of top-3 groups of the final National Championships — Services, Railways and Haryana.The announcement of the remaining two names for the nationwide camp will likely be made on September 24 on the premise of outcomes of the choice trials. (With PTI Inputs)