Boxer Neeraj Goyat ruled out of Amir Khan showdown after accident
Other Sports | June 26, 2019 16:14 ISTNeeraj Goyat was set to take on Khan, a two-time world champion, in the WBC Pearl World Championship bout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 12.
Neeraj Goyat was set to take on Khan, a two-time world champion, in the WBC Pearl World Championship bout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 12.
Amir Khan, the Pakistan origin British boxer, said he would take revenge of Pakistan's defeat against India's Neeraj Goyat in their upcoming fight scheduled on July 12.
India swept the medals in four men's categories (52kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg) and three in women's (51kg, 57kg and 75kg) to conclude their campaign with 12 of the 18 gold medals up for grabs.
Mary Kom was reacting to former world junior champion Nikhat Zareen's comments in the media that she was excited to take on her 'idol' and she would "put up a strong fight by using her brain".
Apart from Shiva Thapa and Mohammed Hussamuddin, Dinesh Dagar (69kg), Naveen Kumar (+91kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht and rookie Govind Sahani (49kg) reached the final.
Vikas Krishan defeated America's Steven Andrade via Technical Knockout in just two rounds on Friday.
Deontay Wilder (40-0-1) floored Tyson Fury (27-0-1) in the ninth and final rounds, yet Fury clearly outboxed Wilder for large portions of their meeting at Staples Centre.
The AIBA's finances were a cause of concern for the International Olympic Committee, which is still to take a final call on whether to retain boxing in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
The AIBA said it has worked hard towards reforming its systems, most notably scoring, which has often been lambasted as opaque by critics.
Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkable tally of five gold medals and a silver to her credit. She last won a world championship medal in 2010 -- a 48kg category gold.
The 21-year-old Sonia, daughter of a farmer from Haryana, was trailing after the second round but recovered in the final round to win the close bout 3-2.
The 20-year-old Haryana boxer was making her debut in the World Championships, was in complete control during the whole of first round against the American.
Japanese promoter the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Monday said rules and the weight class for the bout have not been set.
Mary Kom has five World Championships titles under her belt besides numerous other crowns, including Asian Games gold and bronze in London Olympics.
Jangra, representing Haryana, knocked out All India Police's (AIP) Pawan Kumar in the second round of his pre-quarterfinal bout to enter the last-eight stage.
Dinesh Kumar is an Arjuna awardee and a silver medallist boxer at the 2010 Asian Games.
Panwar won the stage 2 competition by clocking 20 minutes and 35.87 seconds on Monday night but finished second overall.
India's junior boxers also performed exceptionally well to claim 13 medals, six of them gold, while senior pro L Sarita Devi (60kg) ended with a bronze.
Amit Panghal defeated Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov 3-2 in Boxing Men's Light Fly (49kg) final event to win a gold medal on the 14th day of the 2018 Asian Games.
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