On an eventful and final day of the Men’s National Boxing Championships 2021 on Tuesday, Assam's Shiva Thapa defended his title against SSCB's Dalveer Singh Tomar 5-0. Now Thapa, a World Championship bronze medalist, will represent India in the coveted tournament, starting October, once again.

In the semi-final clashes on Monday, World Championship bronze medalist Shiva Thapa trounced his opponent Abhishek Yadav 5-0 to make it to the summit bout of the Men's National Boxing Championships. Reigning Asian champion Sanjeet and Husamuddin of Services too progressed to the gold medal clash.

Amit Phangal(49kg) and Gaurav Bhiduri(56kg) defeated Federico Serra and Sam Goodman respectively to advance to the second round on day 1 in Hamburg. Amit will next face seventh seed Carlos Quipo of Ecuador while Gaurav will take on sixth seed Mauritius' Jean-Jordy Vadamootoo on Saturday.