Asian Boxing Championships: Sanjeet, India's Newest Asian Champion, Calls Win "Biggest Moment Of My Career"

Asian Boxing Championships: Sanjeet won the gold medal in men's 91kg category by defeating 2016 Olympics silver-medallist Vassiliy Levit in Dubai on Monday.

He took to boxing to stay away from "padhai likhai" and India's newest Asian champion Sanjeet's faith in his choice has paid off quite well as he revels in the glory of beating an Olympic medallist for the "biggest moment" of his decade-long career. The 26-year-old from Haryana's Rohtak took down Kazakhstan's Vassiliy Levit, who is the 2016 Olympic silver-medallist and a two-time world bronze-winner, in the final of the just-concluded Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Monday. It was a revenge of sorts for Sanjeet (91 kg) as he had been knocked out by Levit in 2018 during the President's Cup in Kazakhstan. "It is the biggest moment of my career although I am also a world championship quarterfinalist. To beat an Olympic medallist is a huge deal," Sanjeet told PTI before boarding his flight back home. The enormity of his win can be gauged from the fact that Levit was chasing a fourth gold medal at the continental showpiece and has a total of five medals at this event.