Former World Championships bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan was the lone Indian to make the final in, while three others settled for bronze medals after losing hard-fought semifinal contests in the Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok today. Vikas defeated Iraq's Waheed Abdulridha 3-0 in 75 KG group to set up a clash with Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev in the final tomorrow.Vikas, an Asian Games bronze-medallist, was the last Indian in action today and he made sure that the contingent had something to cheer for after a largely disappointing day. Satish Kumar (+91kg), L Devendro (49kg) and defending champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) lost their respective semifinals despite valiant efforts and settled for bronze medals. All 3 of them had earlier assured themselves of berths in next month's World Championships — the first qualifier for 2016 Olympics.Also making the World Championships cut today were, Madan Lal (52kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) after the Uzbek boxers who beat them in the quarterfinals — Shakhobidin Zoirov, seeded second, and Fazliddin Gaibnazarov respectively — advanced to the final.
News On AIR | September 4, 2015 8:50 PM
Vikas Krishan enters final of Asian Boxing championship