Boxing World Championships: Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) have created history as they have ensured India best-ever haul of three medals by storming into the semifinals of the IBA Men’s Boxing World Championships 2023. After their quarterfinal victories, the three pugilists will take home at least a bronze medal each. India’s previous best show at the World Championships came in 2019 edition when Amit Panghal clinched an silver and Manish Kaushik took home a bronze medal. Follow Boxing World Championships Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Boxing World Championships: Deepak Bhoria and Nishant Dev cruise to quarterfinals, one win away from confirming medal
Boxing World Championships: Bhoria beats Diushebaev 5-0
Kicking off the proceeding for India, Deepak defeated Nurzhigit Diushebaev of Kyrgyzstan by a 5-0 unanimous verdict to continue his scintillating run in the flyweight category, which will feature at the Paris Olympics.
Such was the Indian’s domination that the referee was forced to give Diushebaev two standing counts in the latter stages of the bout.
Fighting from a distance, Deepak looked for opportunities to land clean and accurate punches.
Trailing 0-5, Diushebaev started the second round on an aggressive note but Deepak put up a solid defence and counter attacked with combination of punches.
One such onslaught led the referee to give Diushebaev his first eight count.
Having taken the opening two rounds, Deepak was more defensive in the final three minutes. He boxed smartly, landing jabs whenever he got the opportunity.
Boxing World Championships: Hussamuddin’s tight victory
Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hussamuddin then had to toil hard as he eked out a 4-3 split decision win in a close fight against J Diaz Ibanez of Bulgaria.
Hussamudin was involved in a messy bout that involved a lot of clinching. The first round was fought on even keel with Hussamuddin edging past the Bulgarian fifth seed 3-2 in the quarterfinals.
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As the seconds ticked by, Hussamudin became more confident and started dominating the proceedings. He landed heavy blows to take the final two rounds.
Boxing World Championships: Nishant seals the 3rd medal for India
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Nishant’s performance was the cherry on the cake as he knocked out Cuba’s Jorge Cuellar by an unanimous verdict.
The 22-year-old, who is the reigning national champion, was relentless and kept attacking the Cuban through out the nine minutes.
Nishant, who made a quarterfinal exit in the last edition, was determined to not make a last eight exit again. He was quicker than his opponent and used that to land a flurry of punches on Cuellar’s face.
He also used body blows to tire out his opponent and book a place in the last four of the light middleweight category.
India has so far won a total of seven medals, including a silver, in the previous editions.
India’s previous medal winners at the men’s World Championships include Vijender Singh (bronze, 2009), Vikas Krishan (bronze, 2011), Shiva Thapa (bronze, 2015), Gaurav Bidhuri (bronze, 2017), Panghal (silver, 2019), Kaushik (bronze, 2019) and Akash Kumar (bronze, 2021).
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