Asian Boxing C’ships: Aditya extends India’s strong run with dominant win
India’s rising boxing star Aditya continued his impressive run with a dominant performance on Day 4 of the Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday.
India’s rising boxing star Aditya continued his impressive run with a dominant performance on Day 4 of the Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday.
Pooja defeated reigning World Champion Wang Lina in the final to claim top honours in the 81-kg weight category. This was her third medal at this prestigious tournament after a silver in 2012 and a bronze in 2015.
The 23-year-old, who was participating in his maiden international competition since moving up to 52kg from 49kg earlier this year, had come into the tournament on the back of a gold at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in February.
Thapa upset Olympic bronze medallist and top seed Dorjnyambuug Otgondalai of Mongolia 3-2.
