Cologne World Cup: Amit Panghal clinches gold, injured Satish Kumar bags silver

Amit Panghal claims gold (Source: Boxing Federation Twitter)

World silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) notched up a gold medal without having to fight his final bout, while veteran Satish Kumar (+91kg) settled for silver after an injury prevented him from competing in his summit clash at the Cologne World Cup in Germany on Saturday.

Panghal was given a walkover by Germany’s Argishti Terteryan.

Satish, who made the final after beating France’s Djamili Dini Moindze in the semifinal last night, had to withdraw against Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack owing to an injury.

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A strong display ???? from #SatishKumar (+91 Kg) paves his way into the final of #CologneBoxingWorldCup as he defeated Aboudou Moindze Djamili Dini of ???????? 4️⃣:1️⃣.

Way to go, champ! ????#PunchMeinHaiDum #boxing #CologneBoxingWorldCup#Germany pic.twitter.com/8CEoKtwS34

— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) December 19, 2020

Also making the final were Sakshi and Manisha in the women’s 57kg category. The two boxers will now take on each other in the final late on Saturday night.

While Manisha defeated two-time world championship silver medal-winning compatriot Sonia Lather 5-0, Sakshi got the better of Germany’s Ramona Graff 4-1.

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A fine display from #Sakshi (57kg) sees her way into the final of #CologneBoxingWorldCup. She defeated Graff Ramona of ???????? 4️⃣:1️⃣.

Way to go, champ! ????#PunchMeinHaiDum #boxing #CologneBoxingWorldCup#Germany pic.twitter.com/kBW6ig4cln

— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) December 19, 2020

However, Asian Games bronze winner Pooja Rai settled for a bronze medal after going down to the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn.