Deepak, Hussamuddin and Nishant excel in IBA Championship, India’s campaign ends with three medals
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Both the boxers played a very close game in the final round but in the end it was the French boxer who won the fight on points and held a slight edge over Deepak.
Like Deepak, Nishant (71kg) too lost 2-5 after a review of his bout against defending Asian champion Aslanbek Shimbergenov of Kazakhstan. The 22-year-old Nishant displayed a dynamic and aggressive approach throughout the bout, but despite his best efforts, failed to take down the Kazakh boxer.
Meanwhile, two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Hussamuddin was unfortunately given a walkover due to a knee injury sustained in the quarterfinals and had to settle for a bronze medal in his maiden World Championship campaign.
Deepak, Hussamuddin and Nishant have etched their names in the Indian boxing history books as three of the country’s ten World Championship medal winners so far after their stellar performances in this tournament. It was also the first time that India won three medals in a single edition of the tournament.
538 boxers from 107 countries participated in this prestigious global tournament. Among them are many Olympic and World Championship medal winning boxers. Each of the bronze-medal winners will be awarded a US$50,000 prize.
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