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Men’s World Boxing Championship starting today in Tashkent
Men’s World Boxing Championship starting today in Tashkent: Shiv, Hasamuddin, and Ashish are anticipated to switch up the medal colours; India has not yet received gold
Today marks the start of the Men’s World Boxing Championship in Tashkent. This time around, there are 13 Indian boxers competing. The best performer for India at this World Championship, Amit Panghal, was unable to earn a spot on the team. In 2019, Panghal took home the silver medal. In the men’s division of the World Boxing Championship, India has yet to take home a gold medal. Last year, Akash Kumar took home the lone bronze medal for India.
Asian Games boxers’ test
In this Men’s World Boxing Championship , there are no quotas for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. However, this year’s Asian Games will take place in September. There is also a quota for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In such a case, it is an opportunity for Indian boxers to put their preparations to the test ahead of the Asian Games.
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Panghal did not fit the new criteria for selection.
In fact, a new selection procedure was used this time to choose the World Boxing Championship team. In this case, a group of experts evaluated the players over the course of a month-long training session instead of conducting a trial. The boxer who received the most points in this event was given a spot on the team for the World Boxing Championship at that weight. Amit received 682 points from the expert panel.
He came in second, behind Deepak Kumar, who received 731 points. He took the first position. Recent performances by Deepak have been better. In the Strandja Memorial competition, he defeated Uzbek Shakhobidin Zoirov, the gold medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and the current world champion.
Shiv Thapa offers a lot of hope.
Shiv Thapa, a six-time medalist at the Asian Championships, will be competing in the 63kg division without Amit. The 2015 World Championship bronze medal goes to Shiva. In addition to Shiv, Mohammad Hussamuddin at 57 kg and Ashish Chowdhary at 80 kg both have high medal hopes. Hussamuddin has two Commonwealth Games medals to his name. The Asian Championship’s silver medal goes to Ashish. Ashish had previously represented the nation at the Olympics in Tokyo.
Participating for the first time is Sachin-Harsh
Sachin Siwach (54 kg), the 2021 Youth World Champion, and Harsh Chowdhary (86 kg), who will be competing in the World Championships for the first time. In addition to these, all of the boxers have competed in the World Boxing Championship.
There are 640 boxers from 104 countries competing.
Tashkent is hosting 640 boxers from 104 different countries. It will also feature seven defending world champions, including Sofiane Oumiha of France, Tomoya Tsuboi and Sivonerets Okazawa of Japan, Loren Alphonso of Azerbaijan, Saken Bibosinov of Kazakhstan, and Yonelis Hernandez Martinez and Julio La Cruz of Cuba.
Today’s two matches for India
Two Indian boxers will enter the ring on the first day. Mohammad Hasamuddin will compete in the 54-57kg weight class, while Varinder Singh will compete in the 57-60kg weight class.
