India’s U-23 men boxers delivered a strong performance at the Asian U-19 & U-23 Boxing Championships with six boxers advancing to the semifinals to assure themselves of medals here on Friday (July 10, 2026).
Leading the charge, Asian Champion Vishvanath (50kg) continued his dominant run with a convincing 5:0 win over Saudi Arabia’s Ibrahim Aljohani. Ganga (55kg) then matched that performance with a clinical 5:0 victory against Vietnam’s Quang Loc Tran.
In the 65kg category, Vanshaj secured a solid 4:1 win over Kazakhstan’s Assylkhan Kosherbay, while Hitesh (70kg) delivered a standout performance, stopping Indonesia’s Radiyansyah via RSC in the first round.
Despite a few closely contested bouts, Aryan Malik (80kg) and Rocky Chaudhary (85kg) went down fighting in 1:4 and 0:4 decisions respectively, while Hemant Sangwan (90kg) lost to Uzbekistan’s Samir Sobirov 0:5.
With these results, India have now assured of six medals in the U-23 men’s competition with the semifinalists including Vishvanath (50kg), Ganga (55kg), Vanshaj (65kg), Hitesh (70kg), Neeraj (75kg), and Ishan Kataria (+90kg).
Published – July 11, 2026 04:15 am IST
