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.
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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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