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Nishant Dev becomes first Indian male boxer to book Paris Olympics ticket | Boxing News

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NEW DELHI: Nishant Dev on Friday became the first Indian male boxer to secure a spot in the Paris Olympics by reaching the semifinals of the Boxing Olympic qualifiers in Bangkok.Dev, who had previously missed out on an Olympic berth, defeated Moldova’s Vasile Cebotari in a 5-0 decision in the 71kg quarterfinal, which was a battle between two southpaws.India have now secured four quota places, with women boxers Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preet Pawar (54kg), and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) already having booked their tickets to Paris. The 71kg weight class had a total of five quotas available. Dev started the bout strongly, landing precise and sharp punches. He maintained his composure and used his punches effectively throughout the fight.Despite Cebotari landing a few blows in the second round and both boxers appearing tired in the final three minutes, Dev continued to land punches consistently. Cebotari was penalized with a point deduction for hitting Dev while he was down on the canvas.In another bout, India’s hopes of securing a quota in the women’s 60kg category were dashed when Ankushita Boro lost 2-3 to Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson in the quarterfinals. Boro, a former youth world champion, fought valiantly but was ultimately defeated by her more experienced opponent, who is a former European Games bronze medallist. Boro started slowly but adapted towards the end of the first round, using straight jabs effectively. Despite being down 1-4, she came out strong in the second round, utilizing a combination of left jabs and right crosses.The two entered the final round on equal terms, with Boro making early gains, but Alexiusson finished the bout stronger to secure the split decision victory.Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) and Amit Panghal (51kg) are set to compete later in the day.(With PTI inputs)

Boxing World Qualifiers: Perfect Day For India As 4 Pugilists Advance

Danijones5 months ago04 mins

Amit Panghal landed a series of punches in the third and final round to clinch the win.© AFP India’s Sachin Siwach (57kg), Sanjeet Kumar (92kg), Amit Panghal (51kg) and Jaismine (women’s 57kg) took another step towards Paris Olympic qualification as they registered convincing victories over their respective opponents to advance in the Boxing World Qualifiers in Bangkok on Thursday. Sachin started the proceedings for India with a clinical 5-0 win against Olympian Batuhan Ciftci of Turkey in the pre-quarterfinal and Sanjeet then saw off the challenge from Luis Sanchez of Venezuela with an identical margin in the round of 32. In the 57kg category only three boxers will make the cut for the Paris Olympics. Sachin, therefore, needs to win two more bouts to make the cut while Sanjeet, who got a bye in the round of 64, will have a similar target as all four semi-finalists will qualify in his weight category. Up against an experienced boxer, Sachin came out all guns blazing in round 1 and that strategy worked wonders for the Indian as he took control of the bout very quickly. He earned an unanimous verdict even in round 2 and though Ciftci attempted a comeback in the third and final round, the Indian was too comfortable in the end. The 92kg bout between Sanjeet and Sanchez followed a similar pattern as the 2021 Asian Championship gold medallist did not allow his Venezuelan opponent to get a look in, in round 1. Sanchez did show some spark in round 2 and 3 but the experienced Sanjeet kept himself at bay and landed his punches on counter attacks to win easily. Later in the day, Jaismine did not give Azerbaijan’s Mahsati Hamzayeva any chance of even putting up a fight as she clinched the women’s 57kg category round of 32 bout with a convincing 5-0 verdict. 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit then completed a perfect day for the Indian contingent as he got the better of Mexico’s Mauricio Ruiz 4-1. The national champion was under pressure in round 1 but he picked up pace in the last minute of that round and then turned the match around with a couple of combination punches in the third and final round to clinch the win. Topics mentioned in this article