Indian boxers Aryan, Yashwardhan Singh, Priyanshu, and Sahil have stormed into the semifinals of the Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Aryan kicked off India’s campaign with a dominant 5-0 unanimous decision victory over Uzbekistan’s Juraev Shakarboy in the 51kg category. Yashwardhan (63.5kg) displayed resilience, overcoming an early setback to secure a 4-1 win against Iran’s Mirahmadi Babaheidari.
Priyanshu (71kg) and Sahil (80kg) made light work of their opponents, securing referee stop the contest (RSC) victories against Chinese Taipei’s Wu Yu En and Turkmenistan’s Yklymov Abdyrahma, respectively.
However, Jatin’s journey in the 57kg category came to an end with a 1-4 loss to Uzbekistan’s A Nodirbek.
In the youth category, Aryan (92kg), Nisha (52kg), Akansha Phalaswal (70kg), and Rudrika (75kg) will compete in their respective quarterfinal bouts later today.
On Tuesday, Jugnoo (86kg), Tammana (50kg), and Preeti (54kg) secured victories to advance to the U-22 semifinals.
On Thursday, eight U-22 pugilists will take the ring for their quarterfinal bouts: M Jadumani Singh (51kg), Ashish (54kg), Nikhil (57kg), Ajay Kumar (63.5kg), Ankush (71kg), and Dhruv Singh (80kg) in the men’s category, while Guddi (48kg) and Poonam (57kg) will represent India in the women’s section.
The finals for the youth and U-22 categories will be held on May 6 and 7, respectively.
