Amit Panghal and Sagar shine at Senior National Boxing Championships

Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal and Haryana’s Sagar advanced with contrasting wins on the opening day of the Senior National Boxing Championships in Greater Noida. Lalrambuat of Mizoram also won by unanimous decision in the bantamweight category

New Delhi: 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal of SSCB and Sagar of Haryana registered contrasting wins to advance in the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships being played at Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida on Sunday.

This is the first time that the men’s and women’s National Championships are being held simultaneously at the same venue, with 600 boxers from across the country participating in 10 weight categories each for men and women.

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Amit, competing in the bantamweight category, dominated Usman Mohd Sultan of Bihar to secure a unanimous decision.

In the heavyweight category, Sagar was made to work hard by Edwin of Kerala before managing to win by a split decision.

Lalrambuat of Mizoram was the other boxer to win by unanimous decision in the bantamweight category, beating Santosh Kumar of Odisha.