Indian boxers Ashish Kumar, Monika, Govind Sahani and Varinder Singh entered the finals of the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Phuket on Wednesday.
Ashish registered an easy 5-0 win over Maikhel Roberrd Muskita of Indonesia in the men’s 81kg semi-final. In another bout in the women’s 48kg category, Monika defeated Tran Thi Diem Kieu of Vietnam to move into the finals.
In men’s 48kg category Govind outclassed Vietnam’s Nguyen Linh Phung in an intensely fought match. In the men’s 60kg semi-finals, Varinder Singh was given a walkover against Palestine’s Abdel Rahman Abunab.
Meanwhile in the men’s quarter-finals bouts played earlier in the day, Amit Panghal emerged victorious while Rohit Mor (57kg) made exit with a 0-5 loss to Thailand’s Rujakran Juntrong.
Panghal, the silver medallists of the 2019 World Championships, won comfortably against Thanakon Aonyaem of Thailand by unanimous decision in the men’s 52kg contest.
Bhagyabati Kachari also made her way into the women’s 75kg semi-finals after outperforming another Thai opponent Pornnipa Chutee in 5-0 win.