India on a roll at Asian Boxing Championships© Asian Boxing
Four more pugilists qualified for the semifinals as India was guaranteed a haul of 43 medals in the inaugural Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. India is assured of at least 25 medals in the U-15 category while another 18 are set to be won in the U-17 section, since all semifinalists are awarded bronze medals. Aman Siwach (63kg) and Devansh (80kg) led the charge in the U-17 boys’ section, both securing Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) wins over opponents from the Philippines and Jordan in the last set of quarterfinals bouts.
In the girls’ division, Simranjeet Kaur (60kg) posted a 5-0 win over Jordan’s Aya Alhasanat, while Himanshi (70kg) ended her bout in the very first round with an RSC against Palestine’s Farah Abou Layla.
Results: Men’s U-17 (Quarterfinals): 60 kg: sahil duhan (Ind) Lost to Amirali Mehrabi (IRI)-WP 2: 3; 63 KG: Aman Siwach (Ind) Def. Ziadrach James Cabrara (Phi) – RSC R2; 66 kg: Anant Gaurishankar Deshmukh (Ind) Lost to Daniyal Shaalkarbay (Kaz) – wp 0: 5; 75 Kg: Priyansh Sehrawat (Ind) Lost to Khursidbek Jurae (Uzb) – wp 0: 5; 80 KG: DevanSh (Ind) Def. Abdallah aldabbas (jor) – rsc r3; 80 KG: Loven Gulia (Ind) Lost to Farhoud Ghorbani (IRI) – WP 0: 5.
Women’s U-17 (quarterfinals): 60 kg: Simranjeet Kaur (IND) def. Aya Alhasanat (JOR) – WP 5:0; 70 kg: Himanshi (IND) def. Farah Abou Layla (PLE) – RSC R1.
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