World Boxing Championships Quarterfinals LIVE: The quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships are all set to kick start on Tuesday, November 2. As many as 5 players have already qualified into the quarters – Akash, Deepak, Narender, Nishant Dev, Sanjeet and Shiva Thapa. A total of 13 players had taken part in the top-flight boxing tournament. They are expected to live up to the expectations in the ongoing tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. Follow World Boxing Champions LIVE updates on Insidesport.in and LIVE streaming on SONY LIV
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Sanjeet and Nishant Dev- Sanjeet and Nishant Dev registered excellent come-from-behind victories to enter the quarter-finals.
Sanjeet
Having lost the opening round, the boxer from Rohtak, Sanjeet recovered well in time against the Georgian opponent Giorgi Tchigladze not only to win the next round but also the 92kg Last-16 contest 4-1 comfortably in the end. With just a win away from confirming medals for the country, Sanjeet will now take on Italian boxer Aziz Mouhiidine.
Sanjeet vs Aziz Mouhiidine
Nishant Dev
Nishant struggled in the early part of the game while playing in the 71kg pre-quarterfinals bout. However, the reigning national champion from Karnataka, turned the tables quite handsomely in the later stage of the match with some continuous sharp and precise body blows against the Mexican Alvarez Verde to tilt the result of the closely-fought match 3-2 in his favour. Nishant will square off against Russia’s Vadim Musaev in their respective quarter-final matches on Tuesday.
Nishant Dev vs Vadim Musaev
Narender & Akash
Narender produced a power-packed performance to upstage the former Asian Games champion veteran Tajikistan pugilist Jakhon Qurbonov by the Referee Stopping the Contest (RSC) verdict in the second round of the +92kg pre-quarterfinal contest. The 21-year-old Indian had received a walkover in his opening match while Tirado was given bye in the first round.
Akash
The tallest among the two pugilists, Akash made good use of his height and landed some sharp punches to tilt the momentum in his favour. Having taken a comfortable lead after the first two rounds, Akash showed tactical brilliance and started maintaining distance in the final round which denied his opponent any chance to make a comeback into the match.
With this dominating 5-0 triumph, Akash is now a win away from confirming a medal for the country at the ongoing Championships.
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Shiva Thapa
Five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) stood just one win away from becoming the first Indian male boxer to claim two world championship medals after he advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing edition here.
The 27-year-old from Assam defeated France’s Lounes Hamraoui 4-1 in a late night pre-quarterfinal bout on Monday to move ahead. Thapa had claimed a bronze medal in the 2015 edition of the tournament in Doha. He was the only Indian boxer to register a win on Monday after four others, including Asian silver-medallist Deepak Bohria (51kg), bowed out of the competition.
Thapa will square off against Turkey’s Kerem Oezmen in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
Shiva Thapa vs Kerem Oezmen
World Boxing Championships Prize Money
Prize Money Prize money will be awarded in each category as follows:
The gold medallists of each category will receive $100,000 while silver and bronze medallists will be given USD 50,000 and USD 25,000 respectively.
Alongside an enormous prize pool of USD 2.6 million, AIBA will also award the winners with beautifully designed medals, made of solid gold and silver respectively, and belts to commemorate their accomplishments.
List of medals won by India
India
- Gold: 0
- Silver: 1
- Bronze: 5
- TOTAL: 6
