Amit Panghal to lead India in UAE

Following continuous efforts from the Boxing Federation of India BFI a fullstrength Indian contingent is all set to participate in the upcoming 2021 ASBC Asian Boxing Championship which is jointly hosted by BFI and UAE Boxing FederationBFI which had earlier named the womens team spearheaded by the sixtime world champion Mary Kom announced the mens side as well which will be headlined by defending champion Amit PanghalThe matches will be kicked off from May 24 and go on till June 1 in Dubai All the players alongside coaches and support staff are already in the biosecure bubblePlayers best interest has always been a priority for the Boxing Federation of India and now is no different We are thankful to the UAE Government Indian Ambassador to UAE Mr Pavan Kapoor and ASBC President Anas Alotaiba who have helped us in every possible way to secure the teams travel to Dubai said Ajay Singh BFI PresidentThis is a muchneeded competition which is crucial for the final phase of training and preparation for the Olympics I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the participating boxers along with the member nations all the very best he addedAlongside Asian Games gold medallist Panghal 52kg Vikas Krishan 69kg and Ashish Kumar 75kg are the other Olympicbound pugilists who have been named into the mens sideThe other boxers included in the squad are the 2013 Asian Championship gold medallist Shiva Thapa 64kg Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin 56kg Vinod Tanwar 49kg Varinder Singh 60kg Sumit Sangwan 81kg Sanjeet 91kg and Narender 91kgThe Asian Championship will be the first boxing tournament to take off in Asia the tournament was initially scheduled to take place in New Delhi However due to international travel restrictions the tournament had to be shifted to DubaiThe Indian team is expected to reach Dubai on May 22 and the contingent will be issued visas on their arrival All the top players and Olympicbound boxers are participating in the tournamentAlso ReadMary Kom Irsquom blessed to have not been touched by Covid19 yetIndian squad Men Vinod Tanwar 49kg Amit Panghal 52kg Mohammad Hussamuddin 56kg Varinder Singh 60kg Shiva Thapa 64kg Vikas Krishan 69kg Ashish Kumar 75kg Sumit Sangwan 81kg Sanjeet 91kg and Narender 91kg Women Monika 48kg MC Mary Kom 51kg Sakshi 54kg Jasmine 57kg Simranjeet Kaur 60kg Lalbuatsaihi 64kg Lovlina Borgohain 69kg Pooja Rani 75kg Saweety 81kg and Anupama 81kgThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever