Published: April 7, 2026 at 9:35 pm
Reigning world champions Minakshi Hooda and Jaismine Lamboria led the charge in the women’s semifinals on Tuesday, while Vishvanath Suresh and Sachin Siwach produced strong performances in the men’s category as the Indian boxers continued their impressive run at the Asian Boxing Championships 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
In the women’s 48kg semifinals, Minakshi registered a confident 4-1 victory over Thailand’s Thipsatcha Yodwaree to seal her spot in the gold medal bout.
Jaismine, meanwhile, edged past Uzbekistan’s Nigina Uktamova by a closely contested 3-2 decision in the women’s 57kg semis.
In the men’s division, Vishvanath Suresh (50kg) delivered a dominant performance, outclassing Jordan’s Huthaifa Eshish with a unanimous 5-0 win to advance to the final.
Sachin Siwach (60kg) also impressed with a solid 4-1 victory over Thailand’s Sakda Ruamtham in his semis clash.
In other semifinal bouts, India’s Akash (men’s 75kg) lost 4-1 to Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Abdurakhimov while Lokesh (men’s 85kg) went down 5-0 against Jasurbek Yuldoshev of Uzbekistan.
Narender Berwal (men’s 90+kg) suffered a 4-1 defeat to the People’s Republic of China’s Bayikewuzi Danabieke, with the bout being stopped in the first round due to a cut to the Indian boxer.
Harsh Choudhary (90kg) also lost 4-1 to Tajikistan’s Parviz Karimov.
On Monday, Nikhat Zareen (women’s 51kg), Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 75kg) and Pooja Rani (women’s 80kg) had lost their respective semis bouts, settling for bronze medals.
Tuesday’s wins take the number of Indian finalists at the Ulaanbatar boxing meet to eight, six women and two men.
Nikhat falls but Preeti, Priya and Arundhati storm into final at Asian Boxing 2026
On Monday, three women’s boxers, Preeti Pawar (54kg), Priya (60kg) and Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), had qualified for the final. Meanwhile, Alfiya Pathan (women’s +80kg) will start her campaign directly from the final.
Preeti Pawar will go up against Chinese Taipei’s Huang Hsiao-wen in the final, while Priya faces the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Un Gyong Won for gold.
Arundhati Choudhary is set to meet Kazakhstan’s Bakyt Seidish in her gold medal bout. Minakshi faces local favourite Nomundari Enkh-Amgalan while Jaismine will square off against Thailand’s Punrawee Ruenros for the title.
The men’s finals are yet to be decided.
According to the Boxing Federation of India’s selection process, boxers who reach the finals at the Asian Boxing Championships 2026 secure direct qualification for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
