National Games: Boxers Sumit, Sanjeet, Jamuna, Ankushita reached the semi-finals

Gandhinagar. Defending national champion Sumit Kundu, former World Championships medalist Jamuna Boro and Asian champion Sanjeet assured medals as they entered the semi-finals of their weight categories of the National Games boxing event here on Monday. Sumit of Sena, who made it to the quarter-finals of the World Championship, defeated Ankit Khatana of Haryana. Sumit managed to penetrate the defense of the South Asian Games gold medalist in all three rounds and won the men’s 75kg category by a unanimous decision. Sumit will now face Nikhil Dubey of Maharashtra for a place in the final. In the quarterfinals, Nikhil defeated Bunty Singh of Delhi 5-0. Sanjeet defeated Harsh Kaushik of Delhi in the 92kg heavyweight category. In the women’s section, Jamuna Boro and Ankushita Boro of Assam dominated their matches and won their matches. Jamuna dominated all three rounds of the 57kg featherweight category against Rajasthan’s Sapna Sharma in the opening match of the day. Jamuna, who has been battling high fever for the last three days, however, showed no signs of fatigue in the ring and registered a 5-0 win. The manager of the Assam boxing contingent said, “He is unwell for the past few days, suffering from high fever but mentally very strong.

Despite poor health, she is training daily to make her maiden National Games campaign memorable.” Jamuna will next face Haryana’s Poonam, who defeated Manipur’s Sameem Bandh Khulakpham 4-1 in a fractured decision in the quarter-finals. defeated. Ankushita registered a one-sided victory against Paramjit Kaur of Gujarat. The referee stopped the match in the 66kg category in the second round itself. In the semi-finals, Ankushita will take on Lalita of Rajasthan against whom she has won all three matches so far. In the men’s section, Haryana’s Naveen Kumar defeated Uttar Pradesh’s Harish Yadav in the 92kg heavyweight category, while in the 75kg middleweight category, Malsawmitluanga of Mizoram registered a 5-0 win over Uttarakhand’s Pankaj Kumar. In the same category, Pushpendra Rathi of Goa defeated Gagandeep of Uttar Pradesh 5-0 to enter the semi-finals. Army boxer Sachin Kumar registered a 5-0 win over Punjab’s Karthik in the men’s 80kg light heavyweight category. He will take on Sumit Poonia of Rajasthan in the semi-finals. Harpreet of Chandigarh defeated Tacho Jomoh of Arunachal Pradesh 5-0. He will face Haryana’s Vineet in the semi-finals. Punjab’s Kanwarpreet Singh (92kg), Rajasthan’s Neeraj Kumar (92kg), Army’s Narendra (+92kg), Haryana’s Mohit (+92kg), Maharashtra’s Reynold Joseph (+92kg) and Chandigarh’s Sawan Gill (+92kg) also secured a place in the last four.