Tokyo Olympics: World No. 1 Amit Panghal Eyes Glory In His Maiden Games

Tokyo Olympics: Amit Panghal will enter his maiden Olympics as world number one in the 52kg category and is a favourite to win a medal in the upcoming quadrennial event.

Star Indian boxer Amit Panghal is one of the top medal contenders among the nine boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to kick start on July 23. The Indian boxer who competes in the 52kg category will head into his maiden Olympic Games, ranked number one in the world. Panghal announced himself at the world stage when he bagged the silver medal in Australia back in 2018 at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Panghal lost to Britain's Galal Yafai in the gold medal bout. In the same year at the Asian Games, Amit Panghal defeated Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan to clinch the gold medal. In 2019, Panghal entered World Boxing Championships as a medal contender despite changing his weight category from 49kg to 52kg and he did not disappoint and scripted history by becoming the first Indian male boxer to win a silver medal at the marquee event.