With a place in the semifinals, debutant Akash joined an elite list of medal-winning Indian pugilists at the world’s one of the biggest boxing events. Amit Panghal (silver, 2019), Vijender Singh (bronze, 2009), Vikas Krishan (bronze, 2011), Shiva Thapa (bronze, 2015), Gaurav Bidhuri (bronze, 2017) and Manish Kaushik (bronze, 2019) have won medals for the country at the men’s World Championships in the past.While Akash made his way into the last-4, four other Indians — Sanjeet, Narender Berwal, Shiva Thapa and Nishant Dev — ended their campaigns after suffering losses in their respective quarterfinal bout played late on Tuesday night.The seasoned boxer Shiva Thapa went down to Turkey’s Kerem Oezmen by unanimous margin in the 63.5kg last-8 match while it was yet another quarterfinal heartbreak for reigning Asian champion Sanjeet. The Indian conceded a 0-5 loss against Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine after suffering a biceps injury in the first round during the 92kg contest. In the last edition of the championships in 2019 as well, Sanjeet had exited in the quarter-finals stage.
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