Panghal, Nikhat assured of medals, but Lovlina bows out

Amit Panghal and Nikhat Zareen

Sagar Ahlawat continued India's medal rush in boxing, joining Amit Panghal and Jasmine in the semi-finals with a dominating win over Seychelles' Keddy Evans Agnes in men's +92kg competition here on Thursday. The 22-year-old from Haryana notched up a 5-0 win over Agnes in the super heavyweight quarter-final to take India's medal count in boxing to six at the showpiece.

Earlier, Jasmine beat New Zealand's Troy Garton by a 4-1 split verdict in the women's lightweight (60kg) quarter-final, while Panghal too won his flyweight (48-51 kg) quarter-final against Scotland's Lennon Mulligan to assure two more medals for India. In the men's bout, it was an unanimous verdict in favour of the Indian southpaw, who had won a silver medal during the last edition in Gold Coast.

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The bout wasn't of great quality, but Panghal prevailed over his younger Scottish opponent, tiring him out with his solid defence. He gained points with occasional ferocious counter-attack. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Zareen, the reigning world champion, produced a dominating 5-0 unanimous decision win over Helen Jones of Wales in the light flyweight quarter-finals.

Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, on the other hand, was out-punched by last edition's silver medallist Rosie Eccles of Wales. It was also curtains for Ashish Kumar (80kg), who went down to England's Aaron Bowen by a 4-1 split verdict.

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