Gold for Sanjeet, Panghal, Shiva Thapa get silver in Asian Boxing Championship

Sanjeet fighting in the 91kg category won the lone gold in the men's contingent as he beat Kazakhstan's Olympic-medallist Vassiliy Levit in a stunning bout at the Asian Boxing Championship. Sanjeet ended Levit's 3-gold winning streak and won the bout 4-1 in a thumping manner. Amit Panghal in the 52 kg and Shiva Thapa in the 64kg lost their final bouts as they were forced to settle for Silver medals. India won a total of 15 medals including 2 golds in this edition of the Asian Championship as they surpassed their previous best show of 2019 when they won 13. A great outing for the Indian boxing contingent with the Tokyo Olympics just around the corner.