Boxing World C’ship: Akash Sangwan wins opening bout
Indian boxer Akash Sangwan (67kg) stormed into the second spherical with a complete 5-0 overcome Turkey’s Furkan Adem in his opening bout on the AIBA males’s world championships.
Sangwan, a reigning nationwide champion, will subsequent face Germany’s Deniel Krotter, who obtained a first-round bye. The Indian dominated Adem in a lop-sided contest held late final evening.
Earlier, one other debutant Rohit Mor (57kg) gave India a successful begin by crusing previous Ecuador’s Jean Caicedo 5-0 in a assured opening-round efficiency this night. Next up for him is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Alen Rahimic.
𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐒 📸#RohitMor & @FieldAkash gave workforce India 🇮🇳 an ideal begin on the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championship 2021 🔥💪
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— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) October 26, 2021
Asian champion Sanjeet (92kg) acquired a first-round bye, together with Sachin Kumar (80kg).
While Sachin will face American Robby Gonzalez within the second spherical on October 30, Sanjeet might be up towards Russian Andre Stotskii in his opening bout on October 29.
With greater than 600 boxers from over 100 international locations in fray, lots of rivals must win no less than three bouts in some classes to get to the quarterfinal stage.
Five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) is one such boxer.
Thapa, who received a bronze on the world showpiece in 2015, will open his marketing campaign towards Kenya’s Victor Odhiambo Nyadera later within the day.
Asian silver-medallist Deepak Kumar (51kg), who impressed final yr together with his giant-slaying performances en path to a silver on the prestigious Strandja memorial event, will sq. off towards Kyrgyzstan’s Azat Usenaliev.
Sumit (75kg) will be part of Thapa and Deepak in competing on the day when he takes the ring towards Jamaica’s Damon O’Neill.
Also in motion could be Narender (+92kg), squaring off towards Poland’s Oskar Safaryan.
The gold-winners on the showpiece will stroll away with a prize cash of USD 100,000.
The silver medallists are to be given USD 50,000, and each bronze-medallists might be awarded USD 25,000 every. The complete prize purse stands at a whopping USD 2.6 million.
