Amit Panghal defeated China's Chuang Liu in the quarterfinals of the second World qualifiers to become the only second male Indian boxer after Nishant Dev to clinch the Paris Olympic Games 2024 qualification on Sunday.
19-year-old Indian wrestler Antim Panghal will move the Supreme Court against the Asian Games trials exemption to Vinesh Phogat after winning the 53kg category trials herself.
Panghal was joined by a fit-again Vikas Krishan, who underwent shoulder surgery last year after the Olympics, Manish Kaushik, Satish Kumar, and Ashish Kumar in the men's camp in Patiala.
Mary Kom, who is a former Olympic bronze-medallist, is also a serving Rajya Sabha MP. She is aiming to compete in the world championships and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year.
No show at Boxing nationals will also rule them out of contention for next month's world championships in Serbia as well.
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Panghal loses 4-1 in a split verdict to Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez in the flyweight category of the Tokyo Olympics.
Top seed and world no.1 Amit Panghal (52kg) will shine at the Tokyo Olympics, said the boxer's parents in an exclusive interaction with India TV. Panghal will step into the ring on July 31 in the last-16-round in Tokyo.
Nine Indian boxers have qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and they will be accompanied by an 8-member support staff.
The seedings were unveiled by the International Olympic Committee's draws boxing task force.
A gold-medallist at the Asian Games in 2018 in Indonesia, Panghal is the first Indian male boxer to reach the final at the World Championships at Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Proud of his performance he might be but Panghal said there are some chinks in the armour that he has figured and will iron out before the Olympics.
The top-seeded Indian defeated Bibossinov 5-0. The Kazakh is a world championship bronze-medallist and had lost to silver-winner Panghal in the semifinals of that event as well.
The World Championship silver-winning Indian won 3-2 in a high-octane contest in which he overcame a sluggish start and used his combination punches to telling effect in the last two rounds.
The Haryana-boxer, who is also the reigning Asian Games champion, prevailed 5-0 against local favourite Tamir Galanov to make the last-four stage.
Olympic-bound Vikas and Manish, both bronze-winners from the world championships and the Commonwealth Games, joined Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) in the last-four stage.
Mary faces Italian Giordana Sorrentino in her opening bout on Wednesday while Panghal will be up against local favourite Gabriel Escobar in his quarterfinal clash.
Panghal was given a walkover by Germany's Argishti Terteryan. Satish, who made the final after beating France's Djamili Dini Moindze in the semifinal last night
Amit, also an Asian Games champion, defeated American Rene Abraham 3-0 with a dominating performance.
The world number one in the 52kg category said he has sent across his proposal formally to both SAI and the Sports Ministry but hasn't got any response so far.
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