Amit Panghal News

The Indian pugilists finished with eight medals, including three silver and five bronze, in the last edition of the tournament held in 2023.

Earlier in the semifinal, Panghal defeated Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in Men’s Over 48kg-51kg to enter the final while Nitu won against Canada's Priyanka Dhillon to enter the women’s 45kg-48kg (Minimumweight) final. 

India's Hussamuddin taking on Bangladesh's Md Salin Hossain in the Over 54-57 kg category round of 16 match. 

India men’s Hockey team will also play England in their Pool B match while swimmer Srihari Nataraj will compete in the men’s 50m backstroke final on Day 4 of Commonwealth Games 2022.

India’s top-five finish not a given this time. While India remains far from becoming a sporting superpower, the CWG have been a happy hunting ground for the largest nation in the Commonwealth. 

The four-member committee had initially shortlisted hockey captain Manpreet Singh alongside boxer Amit Panghal and paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal before Anil Khanna and Rajeev Mehta chose Manpreet for the honour.

Panghal will be aiming to improve upon his performance from the last edition in Gold Coast India had finished second in the 2018 edition of the Games, returning with a haul of nine medals, including three golds and as many silvers and bronze

Martinez overpowered Panghal in the last two rounds of the bout to clinch the match by a split decision of 4-1 to progress into the quarterfinals. This was Amit's first-round match at the Games.

Sanjeet defeated beat Kazakistan’s Vassiliy Levit in a 3-2 split decision in the 91 kg final

India sought a review of the second round of the bout which Panghal won on a split count but looked to have dominated completely. The result of the review will be known later.

Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) out-punched familiar foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan to enter the finals of the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Friday. The top-seeded Indian defeated Bibossinov 5-0.

They added to the seven medals, including that of six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg), that were assured on the day of draws. India Open gold-winner Sanjeet defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 to enter the semifinals in the men's draw along with Thapa.

Later on Tuesday (March 10, 2020), the six-time world champion M C Mary Kom who won her bout on Monday and secured a place in Tokyo Olympics will be in action.

Second-seeded Mary Kom notched up a comfortable 5-0 win over Philippines' Irish Magno in her quarterfinal bout for a ticket to her second Olympic Games and top seed Amit Panghal edged out familiar foe Carlo Paalam of Philippines in a 4-1 split verdict to be assured of his maiden Olympic appearance.

Panghal won 4-1 in a split verdict against Paalam, who the Indian had defeated in the semi-finals of the 2018 Asian Games and the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Championships.

Panghal will now face 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medallist Carlo Paalam of Philipinnes. One more win would be enough for the 24-year-old to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.  

Panghal has enjoyed a phenomenal run since 2017, clinching gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games.

On Saturday, Panghal settled for a silver medal in the World Boxing Championships as he lost the final match to Uzbekistan`s Shakhobidin Zoirov. 

This is the first time that more than one Indian boxer finished on the podium at a single edition of the World Championships. 

With the win, Negi has now set up a clash against sixth seed Zeyad Eashash of Jordan in the second round.