Ekaterinburg (Russia), Sept 13
National champion Duryodhan Singh Negi (69kg) claimed an exhausting 4-1 triumph over Armenia’s Koryun Astoyan in his opening bout to enter the second round of the boxing World Championships here today.
The Indian will face Jordan’s sixth seed Zeyad Eashash in the Round of 32 on Monday. Eashash got a bye in the opening round.
Astoyan seemed intimidated by the more muscular Indian but wasn’t lacking in effort. His punches were, however, not connecting as powerfully as the Indian’s. The Armenian began to run out of steam in the second round and Negi took advantage of that to land a few lusty combination blows.
Astoyan’s defence was particularly weak and he tried to make up for it by constantly being on the move. The strategy was tiring for both but Negi handled it much better. The final three minutes were a lopsided affair in which Astoyan was mostly left scurrying for cover even though one judge favoured him over the Indian.
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg) and Brijesh Yadav (81kg) had earlier won their opening bouts to enter the second round.
On the other hand, Asian champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and the Asian silver-winning duo of Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) and Ashish Kumar (75kg) got first-round byes. — PTI
Haryana tops women’s jr national Championships
Rohtak: Haryana topped the medal tally in the 3rd junior women’s National Boxing Championships here today with 12 medals, including 7 gold. Haryana, winner of a silver and 4 bronze, collected 63 points to top the leaderboard. Manipur finished second with 33 points while Maharashtra stood third with 31 points. Leading the charge for Haryana was tournament favourite Tamanna who crushed her opponent Tingmila Doungel 5-0 in the 48 kg category. Besides Tamanna, Priti Dahiya (60kg) also dominated in her 5-0 win against Chandigarh’s Diya Negi to register her gold medal hat-trick. Kalpana (46kg), Rinku (50kg), Tannu (52kg), Neha (54kg) and Khushi (63kg) were other gold medallists for the home state. Punjab ended at the 4th position on the leaderboard with a total of 5 medals — 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Khushi (75kg) won 5-0 win against Maharashtra’s Sakshi Jangdale while Tanishvir Sandhu (80kg) was too strong for Maharashtra’s Tanisha Patel. She was declared winner after RSC in Round 1. Manipur finished second with 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. PTI
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