Narender Berwal scores brilliant victory and advances to quarterfinals of IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships
Post Date – 10:00 PM, Thursday – 5/4/23
Narender Berwal scores brilliant victory and advances to quarterfinals of IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships
Tashkent: Narender Berwal put in a strong performance to claim a huge win and advance to the quarter-finals of the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championship 2023, while Govind Sahani and Deepak Kumar made it to the heats to ensure India’s dominance in Thursday’s bout. leading position.
Narende (+92kg), who reached the quarter-finals at the last World Championships, started the tournament with a 4-1 win over Tajikistan’s Mohammad Abrolidinov in a close match. His medal fight at this World Championships. The two boxers, who will be bronze medalists at the Asian Championships in 2022, give it their all in this neck-and-neck fight.
Narender landed a powerful punch and dodged his opponent’s attacks from close range to gain the upper hand in the first round. Despite heavy fighting from Abroridinov, the Hisar-born boxer continued to attack on the front foot for the next two rounds, winning the bout.
He faces 2021 World Junior bronze medalist Fernando Arzola of Cuba in the quarterfinals.
Previously, 2022 Thailand Open champion Govind (48kg) and 2019 Asian silver medalist Deepak (51kg) kicked off their respective campaigns with the same victories.
Govind continued his prolific form this year with a gold medal at the National Championships and a silver medal at the 74th Strangja Memorial, as he handily beat Tajikistan’s Meron Shafiev , winning 5-0.
Deepak, on the other hand, was also at his best attacking as he beat Ecuador’s Luis Delgado with superior technical prowess to seal a landslide victory with a unanimous decision.
After the landslide victory, Govind will face Georgia’s top seed Sakhir Allah Verdovi, who won a bronze medal at the last World Championships, while Deepak will face Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and defending world champion Saken Sakken of Kazakhstan. Bibosinov.
Later tonight, record six-time Asian medalist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) will take to the ring to open her bout against Brazil’s Dos Reis Yuri.
Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Mohammad Hussamuddin, Tokyo Olympians Ashish Chaudhary and Naveen Kumar will all be in preseason on Friday.
Hussamuddin (57kg) will take on China’s Lu Ping, while Ashish (80kg) will take on two-time Olympic gold medalist Arlen Lopez of Cuba. Naveen (92kg) will take on South Korea’s Jeong Jae-min.
The ongoing tournament saw the participation of 538 boxers from 107 countries, including several Olympic medalists.
