Tokyo Olympians set to skip National Boxing Championships
Other Sports | September 07, 2021 17:38 ISTNo show at Boxing nationals will also rule them out of contention for next month's world championships in Serbia as well.
No show at Boxing nationals will also rule them out of contention for next month's world championships in Serbia as well.
Boxers will compete in head guards during the men's National Championship -- scheduled to start on September 15 -- and the gold-medallists will qualify for the World Championships.
Mazumdar was suffering from age-related issues and had a heart attack on Friday morning.
Deepak, an Asian silver-winner, was up against Bulgaria's Daniel Asenov, a two-time European championships gold-medallist.
Panghal would be up against Frenchman Billal Bennama, a bronze-medallist from the world championship where the Indian won a silver, in his semifinal bout later on Thursday.
The decision to include them in the scheme was taken at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting held on November 26.
India's brilliant performance at the Asian Qualifiers also propelled them to the top position, where they are tied with Kazakhstan among 10 nations.
The 26-year-old, already a two-time Olympian, out-punched national medallist Duryodhan Singh Negi in a unanimous decision in the trial finals.
The Indian boxers, both men and women, have endured a busy 2019 so far and have been quite literally living out of the suitcase.
Meena, the 2014 Asian Championships bronze medallist with three National Championships titles to her credit, edged Thailand's Machai Bunyanut on points in the summit clash.
Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom is yet to set foot inside the ring but is through to the semis owing to the small size of the draw in the light flyweight 48kg category.
Indian boxers' rampaging run continued unabated as the veteran duo of L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Manoj Kumar (59kg) advanced to the quarterfinals along with Commonwealth Games debutant Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) in Gold Coast on Saturday.
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