Indian pugilists marked their best-ever gold performance at the Asian Games as they signed off from the boxing ring with six medals including three gold medals which was earned on the final day of the competiution Lovlin…

Indian pugilists marked their best-ever gold performance at the Asian Games as they signed off from the boxing ring with six medals including three gold medals which was earned on the final day of the competiution Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg) came up with contrasting, but stirring performances against more fancied opponents in their respective finals in Nagoya (Japan) on Friday (October 2).Asian Games 2026 | Lovlina Borgohain punches her way to gold, becomes second Indian woman after Mary Kom to achieve featLovlina and Parveen ended a 12-year wait by joining the legendary MC Mary Kom in the select group of Indian women boxers to have won titles at the continental showpiece. The Manipuri had claimed the flyweight (51kg) gold at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.Ankush then became the first Indian male boxer since Amit Panghal in 2018 to win an Asian Games gold medal.Lovlina defeated China’s Ziyi Bao 5-0 on her 29th birthday to upgrade the silver she had won at the last edition. Asian Games 2026 | Boxer Parveen Hooda wins gold in women’s 65kg bout Parveen then eked out a narrow 3-2 split-decision win over Paris Olympic bronze-medallist Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei to also claim her maiden Asian Games gold.Ankush out-punched South Korea’s Kim Minseong 4-0 in the 80kg summit clash to end the campaign on a resounding note.Asian Games 2026 | Ankush Panghal wins third boxing gold for India”Today is my birthday. It’s a very special birthday, I’m feeling really good. I thought I’d have to gift a gold medal on my birthday. It’s the first time that I got a present for myself. I gave it my all. I didn’t think for a second that I would lose,” said Lovlinaafter the win.At the last edition, Lovlina had lost to another Chinese boxer, Li Qian, in the final, settling for silver. This time, she made sure there was no repeat of that result.Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Kapil Pokhariya (90kg) and Narender Berwal (+90kg) won bronze medals.The strong showing in the continental event comes on the back of Indian boxers’ record-breaking campaign at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last month.However, India’s best haul in boxing came at the Guangzhou 2010 edition, where the contingent won nine medals — two gold, three silver and four bronze.(With PTI inputs)

Source: Deccan Herald