NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Indian boxers produced comprehensive performances and finished their Cologne World Cup campaign in Germany with nine medals including three golds, two silver and four bronze.
The three three gold medals were bagged by Amit Panghal, Manisha Moun and Simranjit Kaur as the Indian pugilists successfully ended their 67-days Europe training and competition campaign.
The finals of Boxing World Cup, which was one of the last highlights of the pandemic-hit season, was held on Saturday night.
Notably, five women and eight men Indian boxers were registered to the Cologne Boxing World Cup following their strong preparations in Italy.
India’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur Baath impressed in the semi-finals and competed against Maya Kleinhans in the title bout.
The 25-years-old boxer showed some swift footwork to beat the local German opponent hands down with clear punches in the final.
In the 57kg category final, which saw an all-India fight between Manisha Moun and two-time AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion Sakshi Choudhary. The younger Sakshi tried to land quick punches and overcame her counterpart in the first round. Sakshi ended her campaign with a silver in Cologne.
2018 Asian Games gold medallist and 2019 ASBC Asian Champion Panghal won the round-robin competition at the men’s flyweight (52kg). He was given a walkover in the final by his German opponent.
India’s super heavyweight (+91kg) boxer Satish Kumar had an emotional end to his campaign as he defeated France’s Djamili Dini Moindze in the semis but unfortunately, he had to withdraw against Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack owing to an injury in the summit clash and settle for silver. (UNI)
