Amit Panghal won the Boxing World Cup gold medal on Saturday.© Twitter
World silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) notched up a gold medal without having getting to fight his final bout, whilst veteran Satish Kumar (+91kg) settled for silver just after an injury prevented him from competing in his summit clash at the Cologne World Cup in Germany on Saturday. Panghal was offered a walkover by Germany’s Argishti Terteryan. Satish, who created the final just after beating France’s Djamili Dini Moindze in the semifinal final evening, had to withdraw against Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack owing to an injury.
Also producing the final have been Sakshi and Manisha in the women’s 57kg category. The two boxers will now take on each and every other in the final late on Saturday evening.
While Manisha defeated two-time planet championship silver medal-winning compatriot Sonia Lather 5-, Sakshi got the much better of Germany’s Ramona Graff 4-1.
However, Asian Games bronze winner Pooja Rai settled for a bronze medal just after going down to the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn. Also ending with bronze medals have been Mohammed Hussamuddin and Gaurav Solanki in the men’s 57kg category.
Hussamuddin lost to nearby hope Hamsat Shadalov. Solanki, on the other hand, was out-punched by Frenchman Samuel Kistohurry.
The occasion featured boxers from the host nation, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine.