Men's World Boxing Championships: Akash secures first medal for India

NEW DELHI: India's Akash Kumar (54kg) stunned Rio Olympic silver medallist Yoel Finol of Venezuela 5-0 in the quarter-finals to secure at least a bronze medal for the nation at the Men's world Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday.

He has now become the seventh Indian male boxer to clinch a medal at World Championships. The previous Indian male boxers who have won medals at the Worlds so far are Vijender Singh- Bronze (Milan, 2009), Vikas Krishan- Bronze (Baku, 2011), Shiva Thapa- Bronze (Doha 2015), Gaurav Bidhuri- Bronze (Hamburg, 2017), Amit Panghal- Silver and Manish Kaushik- Bronze (Yekaterinburg, 2019).

Akash will now face Makhmud Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan in the semi-final on Thursday. IANS

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