National Boxing Championships: Shiva, Sanjeet, Hussamuddin one win away from world championship selection: The accomplished trio of Sanjeet (92kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) stood just one win away from booking a slot in India’s world championship squad after they entered the finals of the men’s National Boxing Championships on Monday.
Reigning Asian gold-medallist Sanjeet, representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), proved too strong for Harsh Kaushik from Delhi as he registered a convincing 5-0 win.
National Boxing Championships: Shiva, Sanjeet, Hussamuddin one win away from world championship selection
Sanjeet will take on Haryana’s Naveen Kumar in the final. Naveen blanked Punjab’s Raghav Chaudhary.
Another SSCB boxer Hussamuddin, however, faced a tough challenge from the in-form youth world champion Sachin of Haryana.
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The defending champion Hussamuddin had to work hard before completing a 4-1 win in an intense semifinal bout. He will fight against Delhi’s Rohit Mor in the gold medal match.
Later, 2015 world championships bronze-medallist Thapa recorded a dominating victory over Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Yadav, winning with a unanimous 5-0 verdict.
The five-time Asian medallist will square off against SSCB’s Dalveer Singh Tomar in the final on Tuesday.
National Boxing Championships: Shiva, Sanjeet, Hussamuddin one win away from world championship selection
Deepak (51kg), Akash (54kg), Etash Khan Muhammed (60kg), Akash (67kg), Sumit (75kg), Sachin Kumar (80kg), Lakshya (86kg) and Narender (+92kg) were the other SSCB boxers to enter the finals.
Chandigarh’s Kuldeep Kumar (48kg) and Sagar (+92kg) also made their way into the finals with equally dominant victories.
While Kuldeep Kumar outperformed Uttar Pradesh’s Ravi Kumar with a unanimous margin, Sagar too comfortably defeated Maharashtra’s Reynold Joseph, when the referee stopped the contest in his favour.
For Karnataka, Nishant Dev also booked a final berth in the 71kg category. Nishant got the better of Haryana’s Yashpal with an easy 5-0 win.
National Boxing Championships: Shiva, Sanjeet, Hussamuddin one win away from world championship selection
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