Dubai, May 28: Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg) stormed into the Asian Boxing Championship finals with resounding victories even as an injured Vikas Krishan (69kg) signed off with a bronze medal here on Friday.
Olympic-bound Panghal out-punched familiar foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan 5-0.
Thapa, the first Indian male boxer in the tournament history to secure five medals, dominated top-seeded defending champion Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan to make the finals with a 4-0 verdict.
However, Vikas, also bound for the Tokyo Games, endured a split decision loss to top seed and defending champion Baturov Bobo-Usmon of Uzbekistan.
Also ending with a bronze was tournament debutant and national champion Varinder Singh (60kg) after a high-intensity clash against Iran’s Daniyal Shahbakhsh. (PTI)
