Boxing News

India on Tuesday created history at the AIBA World Boxing Championship in Almaty (Kazakhstan) with five boxers - Sumit Sangwan (81kg), Vikash Malik (60kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) - reaching the quarterfinals for the first time. Another win will ensure them a bronze medal. Four boxers reached the quarterfinals in 2011.

In the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championship, Asian champion Shiva Thapa(56kg) lost to Azerbaijan's Javid Chalabiyev and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manoj Kumar(64kg) lost to Cuba's Yasnier Lopez on Wednesday. Both the boxers lost by a similar margin of 0-3. Whereas, Satish Kumar(+91kg) was declared medically unfit as he had received a cut above his right eye during pre-quarterfinal.