Shiva Thapa eyes Olympic berth through World Series of Boxing

He managed to impress none other than Manny Pacquiao en route to becoming only the third Indian pugilist ever to clinch a World Championships medal and the fast-rising Shiva Thapa is now eyeing a stint in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) to qualify for next year's Olympics

New Delhi: He managed to impress none other than Manny Pacquiao en route to becoming only the third Indian pugilist ever to clinch a World Championships medal and the fast-rising Shiva Thapa is now eyeing a stint in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) to qualify for next year's Olympics.


Shiva Thapa. Pic/PTI

The 21-year-old bantamweight (56kg) boxer, who joined Vijender Singh (2009) and Vikas Krishan (2011) as a rare World Championships medallist with his bronze in Doha, could not clinch an Olympic quota berth after losing in the box-off to Belarus' Dzmitry Asanau.

Back with a new-found self-belief, Shiva said the job is only half done as he still has to book a ticket to Rio de Janeiro. "I will give WSB a shot because there is a chance to qualify for Olympics from there," said Shiva.

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