Asian Boxing Championships: Sanjeet wins gold but Amit Panghal, Shiva Thapa suffer defeats

India’s Sanjeet attacks Vassiliy Levit during the 91kg final yesterday

Sanjeet (91kg) fetched the lone gold among Indian men boxers with a stunning triumph over Kazakhstan's Olympic-medallist Vassiliy Levit even as defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg) settled for silver medals in the Asian Boxing Championships here on Monday.

Sanjeet beats Levit 4-1

Sanjeet triumphed 4-1 over Levit, who was chasing his fourth gold of the tournament and is an Olympic silver-medallist.

With 15 medals in this edition, India surpassed its previous best-ever show at this Championship, achieved in 2019, when the country secured 13 medals in all, including two gold.

Amit Panghal and Shiva Thapa

This time too, the country finished with two gold. The Army man, who is a former India Open gold-medallist, claimed the first two rounds in an evenly-contested bout before Levit fought back in the final three minutes.

Panghal lost 2-3 to known nemesis Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in what was a repeat of the 2019 world championship final, which had also ended in Zoirov's favour.

Jury rejects India's protest

India sought a review of the second round of the bout but the protest was rejected by the jury which stuck to the original decision.

"I dedicate this silver medal to my coach Anil Dhanker. I wish he was here with me in Dubai," Panghal tweeted referring to his personal coach.

Thapa (64kg) also lost by the same margin to Mongolia's Baatarsukh Chinzorig, the reigning Asian Games silver-medallist. This was Thapa's fifth successive podium finish and second silver at the showpiece. Both the contests had the Indian boxers doing most things right but not getting the judges' nod.

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