New Delhi: Asian Championships silver medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former junior World Champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) were among the eight Indian boxers to make the finals, while five others settled for bronze medals Friday in the 56th Belgrade International Tournament in Serbia.
Sumit defeated Greece’s Vagkan Nanitzanian after his opponent threw in the towel in the third round of the bout Friday night. The India Open bronze medallist, making a comeback from a wrist injury, will square off against Ecuador’s Castilo Torres in the final.
Nikhat, also returning to the ring after an injury-forced break, out-punched Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic for a unanimous 3-0 win. The national championships bronze medallist will be up against Greece’s Aikaterini Koutsogeorgopulou in her summit clash.
Also advancing to the finals were Himanshu Sharma (49kg), Laldinmawia (52kg), Varinder Singh (56kg), Pawan Kumar (69kg), Jamuna Boro (54kg), and Ralte Lalfakmawii ( 81kg).
Himanshu defeated Frenchman Mohamed Radji 3-0, while Laldinmawia staved off a stiff challenge from Algeria’s Mohamed Flissi for a 2-1 win.
Varinder didn’t have to toil hard for his 3-0 triumph over Algerian Khalil Litim, while Pawan also claimed victory by an identical margin against local hope Aleksander Popovic.
Jamuna claimed a 2-1 victory over Poland’s Laura Gryzb, before Lalfakmawii got the better of Russian Aleksandra Dmitrieva (3-2) in her semifinal bout.
Settling for bronze medals among the men was Narender ( 91kg) after going down to Serbian Vladan Babic in a split verdict.
In women’s segment, Rajesh Narwal (48kg), Priyanka Thakur (60kg), Rumi Gogoi (75kg) and Nirmala Rawat (81kg) settled for bronze medals.
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