Tashkent [Uzbekistan], April 30 (ANI): The Indian boxers are all set to kick off their IBA World Boxing Championships marketing campaign as Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Varinder Singh (60kg) take centre stage on Monday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Experienced campaigner and 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Hussamuddin will combat towards Alen Rustemovski of Macedonia on Monday within the first spherical, whereas Varinder Singh will go up towards Mujibillo Tursunov of Uzbekistan, as per a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Tokyo Olympian and 2019 Asian Championships silver medallist Ashish Chaudhary will tackle Meysam Gheshlaghi of Iran within the 80kg opening spherical on Tuesday. Debutant Harsh Choudhary (86 kg) will look to make an prompt influence as he’ll tackle Australia’s B. Mcallister on Tuesday.
Nishant Dev (71kg), who completed within the quarter-finals within the 2021 version will tackle World championships bronze medallist Sarkhan Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
Four Indian pugilists will begin their marketing campaign on Thursday. In the 48 kg class, Govind Sahani will combat M Shafiev of Tajikistan, whereas, the 2019 Asian Championships silver medallist Deepak Bhoria (51kg) will sq. off towards Luis Delgado within the first spherical. Deepak is predicted to face Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and reigning World Champion Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan within the second spherical.
Six-time Asian Championships medallist and second seed Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) bought a bye within the opening spherical and can play towards the winner of the bout between D. Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil’s Dos Reis Yuri within the spherical of 16.
Narender Berwal (92kg), who’s seeded eighth within the event will tackle Tajikistan’s M. Abroridinov within the pre-quarters.
Naveen Kumar (92kg) will combat P. Amiri within the pre-quarters on Friday as he additionally bought a bye within the first spherical of the event. Akash Sangwan (67kg)and Sumit Kundu (75kg) will likely be up towards M. FU (China) and sixth seed Pavel Sosulin of Russia within the spherical of 16, respectively.
The gold medalists will stroll away with a prize cash of USD 200,000. The silver medallists are to be given USD 100,000, and each bronze medallists will likely be awarded USD 50,000 every. (ANI)