Overview
- Suresh, fighting at 50 kg flyweight, beat Kazakhstan’s reigning world champion Sanzhar Tashkenbay in Ulaanbaatar on Saturday to enter the semifinals, with most reports calling it a 5-0 decision.
- Multiple outlets, including Free Press Journal and The Statesman, report a unanimous 5-0 verdict, while one Times of India piece describes the result as a knockout.
- India added two more semifinalists as Ankushita Boro won 4-1 over Laura Yessenkeldi and Narender defeated Orkhan Aghayev 5-0.
- Boro next faces Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen, an Olympic bronze medalist, while Narender meets China’s Bayikewuzi Danabieke, a past Asian Games and world bronze medalist.
- Suresh hails from Chennai, trains at the Army Sports Institute, and rose through youth world and Asian golds in 2022, a 2024 U-22 bronze, and senior national titles in 2025–26.