21-year-old Ankush Panghal won another boxing gold for India at the ongoing Asian Championships 2026 in Nagoya on Thursday.

Ankush scored a split 4-0 win over South Korea’s Kim Minseong to become the first Indian male boxer, after Amit Panghal, to win an Asian Games gold medal since the 2018 Asian Games.

Ankush came from behind to out-punch reigning 75kg world champion Uzbekistan’s Fazliddin Erkinboev 4-1 to book his place in the 80kg summit clash in his semifinal clash.

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