Asian Youth Boxing Championships: Six Indian Boxers Reach Finals

Asian Youth Boxing Championships: Six Indian boxers advanced to the finals of the competition in Dubai.

Six Indian boxers advanced to the finals of the Asian Youth Championships in Dubai with two of them getting walkovers after their Kazakh opponents were quarantined following a COVID-19 case in the contingent. Of the six Indians who made the summit clashes, two were men and four women. In the women's draw, Simran Verma (52kg) and Sneha (66kg) progressed after getting walkovers from Kazakh rivals Khava Bolkoyeva and Anar Turynbek respectively. "One of these girls tested positive for COVID-19. That's why we got walkovers in these two categories," India coach Bhaskar Bhatt told PTI. Joining them in the finals were Preeti (57kg) and Preeti Dahiya (60kg). Preeti outclassed Narika Rai of Nepal RSC in the third round to book her final berth. Preeti Dahiya, on the other hand, defeated Uzbekistan's Rukhshona Uktamova 3-2. Among the men, Vanshaj (64kg) defeated Iran's Faridi Abolfazl 5-0, while Vishal (80kg) outpunched Kazakhstan's Dauren Mamyr by a similar margin to advance. However, Daksh (67kg) lost to Uzbekistan's Solijonoz Samandar 4-1. Also ending up with bronze medals were Abhimanyu (92kg) and Aman Singh Bisht (+92kg). Promoted