Asian Boxing Championships 2021 Men's Finals Highlights: Sanjeet Wins Gold; Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa Bag Silver
2021 Asian Boxing Championships Highlights: Sanjeet defeated Vassiliy Levit to clinch 91kg gold medal, while Amit Panghal and Shiva Thapa bagged silver medals at the Asian Boxing Championships.
Indian heavyweight boxer Sanjeet defeated Olympic silver-medallist Vassiliy Levit in the 91kg final to clinch gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Monday. Earlier, top-seed Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg) lost their respective bouts on split decisions and took home silver medals. After Amit lost 2-3 to World and Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, the Indian contingent sought review of the second round of the gold medal bout but it was rejected by the jury. Shiva Thapa lost 2-3 to Mongolia's Baatarsukh Chinzorig in the 64kg final, taking home a silver medal. This was Thapa's fifth successive medal at the event, making him the first Indian male boxer in the tournament history to secure five medals.
ASBC Asian Boxing Championships 2021 Men's Finals Highlights From Dubai
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Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov beats Kazakhstan's Kamshibek Kunkabayev in the super heavyweight (+91kg) final to take home another gold medal for his country.
The first round ends with Vassiliy Levit and Sanjeet both landing their punches in equal measures. It was a closely-fought oopening round and both boxers would claim it for themselves.
It has turned out to be brilliant contest between these two with Meysam Gheshlaghi connecting few lusty blows right on target, giving himself a good chance going into the final round.
Ruzmetov has dropped his guard from the opening round itself, inviting Gheshlaghi to come close and has so far used his experience to good effect, striking a perfect balance between attack and defence.
A fiercely competitive bout and Uzbekistan's Jafarov Saidjamshid comes out on top to take home the 75kg gold medal, beating Abilkhan Amankul on split decision.
After a close first round, Abilkhan Amankul has started the second round on the front foot, adopting more aggressive approach. However, Jafarov Saidjamshid has not allowed his opponent to land his punches with any much force. Jafarov is facing the standing count, after and he is not very happy about it.
Jafarov Saidjamshid of Uzbekistan enters the ring in the red corner, while Abilkhan Amankul of Kazakhstan is blue corner. Both the boxers are unseeded.
What a disappointing end to the bout as an injury to Ablaikhan Zhussupov in the opening round meant he couldn't continue and Bobo-Usmon Baturov was declared the winner.
Both boxers seem very happy with their performance in the second round but Shiva Thapa will go in to the third round with more confidence, leaving Chinzorig to up his game in the last round.
Measured start from both the boxers in the opening round. Both pugilists didn't want to give thjeir opponent any advantage hence went with rather cautious approach. The coming rounds are expected to witness the change in tactics.
India's Shiva Thapa is up against Baatarsukh Chinzorig in the 64kg final. The Indian boxer is the red corner with his Mongolian opponent in blue corner.
Erdenebat Tsendbaatar beats Iran's Daniyal Shahbakhsh by a 5-0 unanimous decision to win the 60kg gold. Tsendbaatar was the defending champion and he successfully fought for his title with a dominant performance.
Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov vs Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu (56kg)!
Mongolia's Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu wins the 56khg gold beating Uzbekistan's Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov on split verdict. Kharkhuu lifted his game when it mattered the most in the third and final round to win the closely-fought fight.
Amit Panghal (52kg) lost 2-3 against the reigning World and Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the final of Asian Boxing Championships.
Both boxers were quite technical and light on their feet. They both didn't get too close to each other but used their reach to strike from the distance.
Daniyal Sabit continues to be on the front foot pushing Nodirjon Mirzakhmedov into the corners. However, Mirzakhmedov has used all his experience and kept himself in contention by landing some powerful blows.
