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Olympic Games-bound Amit Panghal (54kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg) entered the finals of the Asian Boxing Championship here on Friday as Indians continued to have a good outing, overall.However, Varinder Singh had to settle for bronze in the 60kg .
Asian boxing: Panghal storms into 52kg final in style
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Dubai, May 28 : Having learned the art of tackling taller opponents, Olympic Games-bound Amit Panghal relied on those skill to score a 5-0 win against Kazakhstan s Saken Bibossinov on Friday and enter the gold medal match of the 54kg category in the Asian Boxing Championship here.
Panghal, 25, will take on the 2016 Rio Olympic champion Zoirov Shakhobidin of Uzbekistan in the final match on Monday.
India is now assured of at least five silver medals, with four women making their way into the finals earlier on Thursday. With 15 medals confirmed, the Indian contingent also achieved its highest medal haul, surpassing the previous best of 13 two gold, four silver, and seven bronze medals won in 2019 in Bangkok.