Vikas Krishan wins silver at the Asian Boxing Championships

Vikas Krishan wins silver

India’s Vikas Krishan Yadav clinched the silver medal in the 75kg middleweight category of the Asian Boxing Championships after losing to Bektimer Melikuziev of Uzbekistan 2:0 in the gold medal match at Bangkok on Saturday.

The opening game proved to be a tight contest and it ended with a tie with both boxers finishing at 28:28 apiece. In the second bout, The Uzbekistan boxer started to gain control of proceedings 30:26. In the final round, Melikuziev clinched the bout 10:9 to win the bout in his favour.

What could have also gone in the Uzbekistan boxer’s favour was the sole foul committed by Vikas. The 23-year-old boxer had stormed into the final of the Championships after beating Waheed Abdulridha of Iran 3:0 on Friday.

Vikas Krishan goes down fighting in the finals of the 75 kg category of Asian Confederation Boxing Championships pic.twitter.com/G884hHHSFD

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