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Former satellite champion Nitu Ghanghas, Asian Games bronze medallist Preeti Pawar and Jadumani Singh punched their mode into the semifinals, arsenic Indian boxers assured themselves of 19 medals astatine the Boxam Elite International here.
The Indian women's team, nether the guidance of caller caput manager Santiago Nieva, has confirmed 12 medals, portion the 7 antheral boxers progressed to the semifinals.
Nitu (51kg) was successful imperious form, shutting retired Canada's McKenzie Wright with a commanding unanimous determination triumph to unafraid her spot successful the past four.
Preeti (54kg) followed with a objective showing against Spain's Maria Gonzalez, forcing an abandonment successful Round 3 aft dictating the contention with sustained pressure.
Poonam (54kg) added different emphatic 5-0 triumph implicit Thailand's Natnicha Chongprongklang, portion Priya (60kg) and Pranjal (65kg) registered unanimous wins against Spain's Laura Galano and Czech boxer Viktorie Jilkova, respectively.
Kajal (65kg) edged retired Kazakhstan's Akbar Ichshanova 4:1 successful a tightly contested bout.
In the men's competition, Jadumani Singh (55kg) continued his good run, outclassing Peng Chia-Feng of Chinese Taipei 5:0 successful the 55kg category.
World Championship bronze medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (60kg) produced a polished show to decision Ukraine's Ali Dahly unanimously, portion Sachin (60kg) battled past Ukraine's Aider Abduraimov successful a tense 3-2 decision.
Akash (75kg) besides precocious with a coagulated 4-1 triumph implicit Spain's Jose Luis Canero.
Several Indian boxers bowed retired aft spirited efforts, including Pawan Bartwal, who went down narrowly 2-3 to England's Ellis Trowbridge, and Abhinash Jamwal, who mislaid to Ukraine's Elvin Aliiev.
