Mixed fortunes for Indian boxers

India had a mixed start at the 2025 U-19 Asian Boxing Championships, with Suman Kumari winning her bout, while Aakash Badhwar, Sarthi Saini, and Lokesh lost despite valiant efforts

Hyderabad: Indian boxing contingent had a mixed day at the Under-19 Asian Boxing Championships 2025 which kicked-off on Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, with Suman Kumari giving them a winning star but three other boxers could not get the desired result despite putting up a strong fight against much stronger opponents.

In the morning session, Suman Kumari underlined Indian Boxings growing stature as she dominated Chinese Taipei’s Meng-Sin Cheng to earn a unanimous verdict.

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It was, however, not to be for Aakash Badhwar in men’s 50kg and Sarthi Saini (men’s 70kg) as their efforts fell short. Badhwar lost 1:4 against Odilshoh Khalimov of Uzbekistan while Saini went down against China’s Haosheng Zhang.

In the last bout of the day for the Indian contingent, Lokesh went down against Norbek Abdullaev of Uzbekistan in the 80kg category.