Shiva Thapa and Manish Kaushik win respective matches, to face each other in the semis of Boxing Championship

They
will
face
each
other
in
the
semi-finals
of
the
tournament
in
Hisar.

Thapa
wins
over
Ashutosh
Kumar:

Thapa
(63.5kg)
who
is
representing
Assam
hardly
had
to
break
a
sweat
in
his
quarters
bout
against
Ashutosh
Kumar
of
Punjab.
The
pugilist
who
also
has
the
2015
World
Championships
bronze
to
his
name
was
at
his
attacking
best
and
put
up
a
sensational
display
of
skill
and
strength
to
secure
a
5:0
victory
by
unanimous
decision
against
his
opponent.

Kaushik
sees
off
Rohit
Singh:

Kaushik
(63.5kg)
on
the
other
hand,
is
representing
Services
Sports
Control
Board
(SSCB)
and
was
facing
Rohit
Ningehougan
Singh
of
Manipur
in
his
bout.
Similar
to
Thapa,
the
2018
Commonwealth
Games
silver
medalist
also
portrayed
his
attacking
dominance
by
blanking
his
opponent
to
win
by
unanimous
decision.

Thapa
and
Kaushik
will
take
to
the
ring
against
each
other
in
a
highly
anticipated
semi
final
encounter
and
give
it
their
all
to
secure
their
berth
in
the
final.

Varinder,
Tokas
wins
their
matches:

Meanwhile,
Railway
Sports
Promotion
Board’s
(RSPB)
Varinder
Singh
(60kg)
squared
off
against
the
2018
Commonwealth
Games
champion
Gaurav
Solanki
of
Haryana
in
what
was
a
high-profile
clash.
Showcasing
brilliant
technical
ability,
Varinder
was
able
to
outperform
Solanki
with
ease
and
managed
to
secure
a
dominant
5:0
win.
The
2021
Asian
Championships
bronze
medalist
will
take
on
Sunil
Chouhan
of
Uttar
Pradesh
in
his
semis
bout.

Another
RSPB
pugilist,
Rohit
Tokas
(67kg)
produced
a
stellar
display
to
triumph
over
Nishchaya
of
All
India
Police
(AIP).
Landing
accurate
punches
and
dodging
attacks
with
his
quick
movement,
the
2022
Commonwealth
Games
bronze
medalist
made
lightwork
of
his
opponent
to
win
5:0.
He
will
face
Abhinash
Jamwal
of
Himachal
Pradesh
in
the
semi-finals.

Two-time
Commonwealth
Games
bronze
medalist
Mohammad
Hussamuddin
(57kg)
of
SSCB
got
the
better
of
Manish
Rathod
of
Uttar
Pradesh
with
a
5:0
triumph
and
sealed
his
place
in
the
final
four.
He
will
take
on
the
2019
Asian
Championships
silver
medalist
Ashish
Kumar
of
Himachal
Pradesh
in
his
semis
bout.

The
2022
Asian
Championships
bronze
medalist
duo
of
Govind
Sahani
(48kg)
and
Sumit
(75kg)
also
cruised
through
to
the
semi-finals.
While
Govind
defeated
Vikash
Singh
of
Uttar
Pradesh
with
a
5-0
scoreline,
Sumit
secured
a
comfortable
victory
against
Gourav
Dabas
of
Delhi
after
the
referee
stopped
the
contest
(RSC)
in
the
first
round.

A
total
of
386
boxers
across
13
different
weight
categories
are
participating
in
the
championships.
All
the
semi-finals
will
be
played
on
Thursday.