Ankit is the third Indian boxer to have made it to the semi-finals after succeeding against Denmark’s Nikolai Terteryan 5-0 in men’s 60kg lightweight category quarter-finals on Sunday night
Budapest: India's Ankit Khatana progressed to the semi-finals of the Youth World Boxing Championships 2018 here. He is assured of a medal.
Ankit is the third Indian boxer to have made it to the semi-finals after succeeding against Denmark’s Nikolai Terteryan 5-0 in men’s 60kg lightweight category quarter-finals on Sunday night.
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Ankit, who won silver at the Asian Youth Championships earlier this year, will face Thailand’s Atichai Phoemsap for a place in the final. Atichai defeated Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsutsumi in his quarter-final bout.
The Indian will have a chance to avenge his Asian Youth Championships final loss to Atichai in April this year. Ankit was defeated by the Thai in the final in Bangkok.
Two other Indian boxers, Nitu (Women’s Light Fly 48kg) and Bhavesh Kattimani (Men’s fly 52kg) too won their quarter-final bouts.
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