India’s Krrish Pal (46kg) and Ravi Saini (48kg) registered contrasting wins to enter the semifinals of the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday. Krrish, who hails from Chandigarh, was up against Philippines’s Robert Jamero in the quarter-final bout. He found the going tough in the first round and took some time to gauge his opponent.

But in the last two rounds, Krrish completely dominated his opponent with his relentless and precise punches and won the bout 4-1.  Ravi displayed brilliant courage and tactical prowess against Aphichit Chaemdi of Thailand in a bout that was very rough and aggressive from the beginning. Both the boxers exchanged punches throughout but the Indian boxer won the bout 3-2.