India on a role at the Asian boxing championships© Asian Boxing
Four other pugilists qualified for the semi-finals, because India was guaranteed for a 43 medal journey in the Asian and U-17 inaugural boxing championships in Amman, Jordan. India is assured of at least 25 medals in the U-5 category while 18 others should be won in the U-17 section, because all the semi-finalists are allocated bronze medals. Aman Siwach (63 kg) and Devansh (80 kg) led the U-17 boys section, both securing the referee competition (RSC) wins the opponents of the Philippines and Jordan in the last group of combat of quarter-finals.
In the girls’ division, Simranjeet Kaur (60 kg) posted a 5-0 victory against Aya Alhasat de Jordan, while Himanshi (70 kg) ended his fight in the very first round with an RSC against Farah Abu Layla de Palestine.
Results: U -17 male (quarter -finals): 60 kg: Sahil Duhan (Ind) lost against Amirali Mehrabi (IRI) – WP 2: 3; 63 kg: Aman Siwach (ind) def. Ziadrach James Cabrera (Phi) – RSC R2; 66 kg: Annant Gaurishankar Deshmukh (Ind) lost against Daniyal Shalkarbay (Kaz) – WP 0: 5; 75 kg: Priyansh Sehrawat (IND) lost against Khurshidbek Juraev (UZB) – WP 0: 5; 80 kg: Devansh (ind) def. Abdallah Aldabbas (JOR) – RSC R3; 80 kg: Loven Gulia (Ind) lost against Farhoud Ghorbani (IRI) – WP 0: 5.
U-17 women (quarter-finals): 60 kg: Simranjeet Kaur (ind) def. Aya Alhasat (Jor) – WP 5: 0; 70 kg: Himanshi (ind) def. Farah Abou Layla (Ple) – RSC R1.
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