Amit Panghal beats Olympic champion to claim India's only boxing gold
1st September, 2018Category: International, Sports
India's 22-year-old boxer Amit Panghal defeated 2016 Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in a 3-2 split verdict to win gold in men's Light Fly (49kg) boxing event on Day 14 of the Asian Games 2018 at Jakarta. This win marks the highest point of Amit's meteoric rise to the top, starting with an Asian Championships bronze last year. A world quarter-finalist, Amit claimed a silver in the Commonwealth Games.
Earlier this year, Amit took home the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast after losing the final to Galal Yafai of England. Vijender Singh and Vikas Krishan were the last set of male gold-medallists for India at the Asian Games.
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