DOHA (Qatar): Babyrojisana Chanu outclassed reigning European youth champion Alexas Kubicka of Poland to move into the semifinals as India guaranteed 11 medals at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce, Poland.
Manish (75kg) and Sumit (69kg) were the only two boxers to bow out of the quarterfinals.
Joining Chanu in the semis were Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 69kg), T Sanamacha Chanu (women’s 75kg), Ankit Narwal (men’s 64kg), Vishal Gupta (men’s 91kg), Bishwamitra Chongtham (men’s 49kg) and Sachin (men’s 56kg), guaranteeing themselves of at least a bronze medal.
India have enjoyed a splendid run at the Youth World Boxing Championships so far with 11 of the 20 boxers making it to the medal rounds.
The championship is the first global boxing event to take place in Poland.
Altogether, 121 bouts were contested during the first three competition days.
A total number of 414 boxers including 140 women and 270 men from 52 different countries are attending the event. 293 are still in the competition, determined to make it to the podium.
Uzbekistan excel
The Uzbeks arrived with 18 boxers to the championships and all of them have realistic medals expectations. Mr. Hamid Tangribergenov, the Uzbek head coach selected powerful women and men teams, following the sparring events in Yangiabad.
The Uzbek boxers achieved several medals at the Fujairah 2019 ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships and also at the Ulaanbaatar 2019 ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championships and their impressive performances continue in Kielce.
All of their boxers eliminated tough rivals and made the country proud but their mission is not yet over.
