Simranjit Kaur beat the neighborhood German opponent hands down with clear punches in the final.© Twitter
Indian boxers bagged nine medals such as 3 golds, two silver and 4 bronze at the Cologne Boxing World Cup held in Koln, Germany which concluded on Saturday. The 3 gold medals had been bagged by Amit Panghal, Manisha Moun and Simranjit Kaur as the Indian pugilists effectively ended their 67-days Europe coaching and competitors campaign.
Five females and eight guys boxers had been registered to the Cologne Boxing World Cup following their powerful preparations in Italy.
Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur impressed in the semi-finals and competed against Maya Kleinhans in the title bout. The 25-years-old boxer showed some swift footwork to beat the neighborhood German opponent hands down with clear punches in the final. The Indian decreased the fighting distance effectively against the taller opponent and won the bout by a split choice taking the gold medal in the 60kg category.
In the 57kg category final, which saw an all-India fight involving Manisha Moun and two-time Women’s Youth World Champion Sakshi Choudhary. The younger Sakshi attempted to land rapid punches and overcame her counterpart in the initially round. However, Manisha moved more on her feet from the second round and did not give any possibilities to Sakshi ahead of winning the bout 3:2 in a keenly fought contest. Sakshi ended her campaign with a silver in Cologne.
The 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and 2019 ASBC Asian Champion Panghal won the round-robin competitors at the men’s flyweight (52kg). The 25-year-old Indian defeated a single of his primary rivals, France’s World Boxing Championships bronze medalists Billal Bennama on his way to the final. He was offered a walkover in the final by his German opponent.
India’s super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer Satish Kumar had an emotional finish to his campaign as he defeated France’s Djamili Dini Moindze in the semis but regrettably had to withdraw against Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack owing to an injury in the summit clash and settle for silver.
Sonia Lather (57kg), Pooja Rani (75kg) Gaurav Solanki (57kg) and Mohamed Hussamudin (57kg) claimed the bronze medal in their respective categories.