Asian Youth & Junior Boxing: Krrish, Ravi march into semis

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Indian Junior boxers Krrish Pal (46kg) and Ravi Saini (48kg) advanced to the semi-finals with contrasting victories at the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday.According to information received here, Krrish, who hails from Chandigarh, was up against Philippines's Robert Jamero in the quarter-final bout. The Indian boxer found the going tough in the first round and took some time to gauge his opponent. In the last two rounds, he completely dominated the bout with his relentless and precise punches and won the bout 4-1.Ravi Saini 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 and refused to back down but the Indian boxer landed more punches to secure the favour of the judges and win the bout 3-2.Later on Sunday, four more Junior Indian men boxers - Lovepreet Singh (50kg), Jayant Dagar (54kg), Chetan (57kg) and Yashwardhan Singh (60kg), will play in the quarter-finals.Earlier on Saturday night, Renu (52kg), Prachi (57kg) and Ravina (63kg) progressed into the youth women semi-finals following comfortable wins in their respective last-8 matches.Renu and Prachi outclas'ed Jordan's Abla Alsharairh and Iraq's Minahemn Mohammed respectively as the referee stopped the contest in both the bouts. Meanwhile, Ravina defeated Aidazholdassova of Kazakhstan in a split verdict.In the youth men category, Deepak (75kg) moved into the semi-finals after an easy 5-0 win over Khaled Alkurdy of UAE in the quarter-final.However, Ashish Hooda (71kg), Rockey Chaudhary (80kg) and Jaskaran Singh (92kg) ended their campaign after respective defeats in the last 8 matches.
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