New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh continued his rampaging form to sail into the semi-finals and join six other Indians who have booked a medal each for themselves in the Asian boxing championships in Zhuhai, China on Thursday.
Vijender outpunched Kyrgyzstan’s Karipov Ruslan 19-4 in the middleweight quarter-finals to assure himself of at least a bronze in the event where he had clinched a silver medal in the previous edition.
Flyweight (51kg) National champion Suranjoy Singh also entered the medal rounds after beating Pak Jong Chol of DPR Korea 5-1. The 22-year-old from Manipur will be up against Thailand’s Olympian Ruenrotng Amnaj tomorrow.However, it was heartbreak for Chhote Lal Yadav (57kg) and Vijender’s cousin Balwinder (64kg), both of whom lost close bouts.
Chhote lost 3-4 to Thailand’s Masuk Wuttichai, while 18-year-old Balwinder fell short in the countback against Karami Houman of Iran after both the boxers had ended 4-4 in the regulation three rounds.
Vijender put up a clinical performance taking a 6-1 lead in the very first round with some hard-hitting upper-cuts and hooks.
His opponent’s frustration at being unable to break Vijender’s defence began to show in the next two rounds and resulted in him getting a couple of warnings for rough play.
The other five Indians to have already made the semifinals are Thokchom Nanao Singh (48kg), Jitender Kumar (54kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg) and Paramjit Samota (+91kg).
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