Khushi Chand and Chandrika Bhoreshi Pujari won their first bouts at the 3rd Asian Youth Games 2025 in Bahrain. Devendra Choudhary also secured a victory. India’s U-17 boxers are competing in 14 weight categories after an intensive camp at Patiala
Khushi (44–46 kg), a bronze medalist at the 2024 Asian School Boys & Girls Boxing Championship in Abu Dhabi, delivered an impressive Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) win in the second round against Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Hong Yen. Tikam (52 kg), the SGFI 2024 gold medalist, maintained his dominant performance by defeating Palestine’s Othman Diab in Round 2.
