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Five Indian Youth Boxers Assure Medals at World Boxing Futures Cup

The event in Bangkok uses Youth Olympic weight classes to test emerging talent.

Overview

  • Gunjan, Joyshree Devi, Ambekar Meetei, Chandrika Pujari and Radhamani Longjam reached the semifinals to guarantee India five podium finishes.
  • Gunjan (48kg) advanced with a 5-0 unanimous decision over Azerbaijan’s Gular Huseynova.
  • Joyshree Devi (54kg) stopped Japan’s Yura Kanemaru in the first round by RSC.
  • Ambekar Meetei (50kg) beat Japan’s Akira Uekubo 4-1, and Radhamani Longjam (57kg) defeated England’s Siobhan Haley 4-1.
  • Chandrika Pujari (51kg) overpowered Spain’s Andrea Buelga Garcia by second-round RSC, while Sahil Duhan (60kg) lost 1-4 to France’s David Harutyunyan in the quarterfinals.