Asian Games 2023: Narender Berwal settles for Bronze in boxing, Sachin crashes out in quarterfinal

Indian boxer Narender Berwal signed off with a bronze medal in the +92kg category at the Asian Games.

Narender went down 0-5 to Olympic and world championship medallist Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan in the semifinal to miss out on an Olympic quota.

After landing a few blows early on, Narender went into his shell. The Kazakh boxer asserted his authority taking the round 5-0.

In the next 6 minutes, Kunkabayev showed more urgency, landing punches at will as Narender looked clueless. Trailing on all cards, the Indian was probably trying to go for a knockout but that punch never came.

Meanwhile, in a bizarre incident, Sachin Siwach lost his 57kg quarterfinal 1-4 bout to Lyu Ping in three minutes and 7 seconds after the Chinese sustained a cut on his forehead following a clash of the head between the two boxers.

Ping had won the first round 4-1 and when it was clear he couldn't continue boxing due to the bleeding, the judges decided to rule the bout in favour of the Chinese.