Shiva Thapa, Sachin Siwach enter medal rounds at National Boxing Championship

Indian boxers Shiva Thapa and world youth champion Sachin Siwach cruised into the semi-final of the men's National Boxing Championship 2021 on Sunday. The fighter from Assam, Thapa, beat Ankit Narwal of Railways 4-1 in the 63kg category. While Siwach beat Goa's Roshan Zamir 5-0 to progress to the next round.

CWG bronze-medalist Mohammad Hussamuddin of the Services got the better of Maharashtra’s Rushikesh Gaud to enter the 57kg semi-finals.

The semis round will start on Monday, and the losing semi-finalists will have to settle for a bronze. The winners of each category will get a chance to represent the country in the World Championship in Serbia from October 26. 

The national championships is in its fifth year currently and is played in different weight categories -- 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg, 92kg, and +92kg.

Earlier, Gaurav Bidhuri, who is a World Championship medalist, was knocked out in the first round match of his weight category by Sachin.