India’s Thapa enters World Boxing Championship semifinals
Shiva Thapa moved into the bantam 56kg semifinals in the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championship Doha with a dominating 3-0 victory over Qatari Hakan Erseker to assure India of a medal.
Meanwhile, Vikas Krishan, the only other pugilist from the six-man Indian team to qualify for the quarterfinals, went down to Egyptian Hosam Abdin 0-3 in the middle weight 75kg.
Twenty one year-old Thapa, a quarterfinalist in the 2013 World Championship, moved swiftly and dominated his German-born opponent from the world go. Thapa pushed the Qatari to a corner consistently in the first round with some lightning-quick punches.
Although taller and with better reach, Erseker, an AIBA pro boxer, was clearly wary of the Indian, who had advanced to the quarterfinals with a sensational knockout verdict.
Thapa went all out in the second round in a bid to land his feisty right-and-left hooks, managing to do so towards the end.
The contest almost in his kitty, however, that did not stop Thapa from curbing his natural, aggressive style in the third round.
In the other encounter, Krishan looked better than his opponent at the start, but was subsequently outpaced and out-punched by the Egyptian, who is the reigning African Confederation champion.
Late on Friday, Satish Kumar of India went down to experienced Turkish boxer Ali Eren Demirezen in the second round of the super heavy +91kg category. Kumar, who got a first round bye, lost 0-3 on points in a bout that witnessed some heavy-hitting over three rounds.
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