At 26, Amit Panghal, is maturing into a top boxer who can put India on the world map by winning more medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Panghal, the 2018 Asian Games champion, added a CWG gold to his collection that also has a World Championships silver. His early exit in the Tokyo Olympics was a shock as he had been ranked World No.1 just before that.

Panghal won one of the two boxing finals that featured Indians in the morning session of the penultimate day of 2022 CWG. He beat Englishman, Kieran MacDonald 5-0 in an unanimous decision. That was India’s second boxing gold after Nitu Ghanghas (women’s 48 kg) won the first here with ease. Nitu, 21, a two-time Youth world champion, who was making her CWG debut, clinched a unanimous 5-0 win over Demie-Jade Resztan of England.