Bangkok [Thailand], August 11 (ANI): India’s younger girls pugilists underlined their rising prowess in continental boxing as Nisha (54kg) and Muskan (57kg) clinched gold, and 5 others received silver, on the U19 Asian Boxing Championships 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday. From the lads’s finals, Rahul Kundu (75kg) added one other, following a cut up choice victory over Uzbek powerhouse Muhammadjon Yakupboevek, bringing India’s tally as much as 14 medals, together with three gold, seven silver and 4 bronze medals.
Furthermore, of the ten girls boxers within the U19 fray, 9 will return with medals – together with two golds, 5 silvers, and two bronzes – showcasing India’s standing as an rising powerhouse alongside nations like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and China.
The U19 and U22 Asian Boxing Championships, that are being held concurrently, present India’s rising stars a platform to showcase their expertise and willpower towards a few of Asia’s hardest opponents. India has fielded a powerful contingent of 40 boxers — 20 in every age group — with an ideal mixture of confirmed champions and potential skills who’ve impressed within the home circuit.
Nisha opened India’s gold medal account within the second bout of the day when she raised her stage to dominate the third and last spherical towards Sirui Yang of China to document a 4:1 win. Muskan then made it two in a row for India, popping out with an aggressive strategy and staving off Kazakhstan’s Ayazhan Ermek within the subsequent rounds to get a 3:2 cut up verdict.
In the lads’s occasion, Rahul was his assured self towards Muhammadjon of Uzbekistan within the 75kg class, successful the ultimate 4:1.
India are additionally assured of 13 medals within the U22 class with 5 boxers set to struggle for gold on Monday.
Among the opposite Indian girls contesting for gold on Sunday, Vini went down towards Sevara Mamatova of Uzbekistan within the 60kg last, whereas Arinda Akimoto of Japan obtained the higher of Nisha 4:1 within the 65kg summit conflict.
In the upper weight classes, Aarti Kumari (75kg) misplaced to Tongtong Gu of China, whereas Kritika Wasan’s (80kg) last-round efforts weren’t sufficient to keep away from a 2:3 loss towards Kuralay Yeginbaikyzy of Kazakhstan. Parchi Tokas (80+kg) went down by an similar margin towards Sobirakhon Shakhobidinova of Uzbekistan.
In the lads’s class, Mausam Suhag misplaced the 65kg last towards Jakhongir Zaynidinov of Uzbekistan, whereas Hemant Sangwan went down towards Rassul Assankhanov of Kazakhstan. Yashika (girls’s 51kg), Akanksha Phalaswal (girls’s 70kg), Shivam (males’s 55kg), and Gaurav (males’s 85kg) bagged a bronze medal every. (ANI)