Asian Boxing Championships: Event timings, final lineup and live streaming details

Modified May 29, 2021 17:32 IST

Shiva Thapa in action at the Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai

The finals of the Asian Boxing Championships will be held in Dubai on Sunday and Monday. The event is being jointly hosted by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and the UAE Boxing Federation.

The Asian Championships will help India's Tokyo Olympic medal hopefuls gauge their level against the continent's best ahead of the mega quadrennial event.

Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar, Mary Kom, Simranjit Kaur, Lovlina Borgohain, and Pooja Rani have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in their respective weight categories.

India is now assured of at least six silver medals from the Asian Boxing Championships, with four women already having made their way into the finals earlier on Thursday.

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With 15 confirmed medals, the Indian contingent also achieved their highest medal haul, surpassing the previous best of 13 (two gold, four silver and seven bronze) in the 2019 edition in Bangkok.

Indian men's finals lineup at Asian Boxing Championships

Defending champion Amit Panghal will face reigning Olympic and world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan on Monday.

Shiva Thapa will square off against second seed and 2018 Asian Games silver medallist Baatarsukh Chinzorig of Mongolia.

Sanjeet (91kg) will face five-time Asian Championships medallist and Rio Olympic silver medallist Vassiliy Levit.

Indian women's finals lineup at Asian Boxing Championships

Six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) will face Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan.

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Lalbuatsaihi (64kg) will be up against Milana Safronova of Kazakhstan. Pooja (75 kg) will square off against Mavluda Movlonova of Uzbekistan while Anupama (81+kg) will face Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhstan.