June 12, 2018 11:15 AM | Boxing

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Brijesh Yadav, Virender Kumar to play for Gold at Umakhanov Memorial Boxing Tournament

Indian pugilists Brijesh Yadav and Virender Kumar will play for Gold medals at the Umakhanov Memorial Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia today. In the semi-finals yesterday, while Yadav out-punched local favourite Abdulla Nazhmudinov in the 81 kg category, Kumar got the better of Azerbaijan's Gulguseyn Agazade to make the summit clash in the 91 kg division.

Among the women, Saweety Boora in 75 kgs was the only Indian who made it to the Final.

Gaurav Bidhuri in 56 kgs settled for a Bronze medal after going down in the last-four stage.

World youth champion Shashi Chopra in 57 kg division, former Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Pinki Jangra in 51 kgs and Pavitra in 60 kgs had, earlier, lost their semifinal bouts to settle for Bronze medals.

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