CWG 2022: Boxer Amit Panghal, Nitu Ghanghas secure silver, storm into final

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Indian boxers Amit Panghal and Nitu Ghanghas won their semifinal battles in the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday. Panghal defeated Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba in Men’s Over 48kg-51kg to enter the final while Nitu won against Canada's Priyanka Dhillon to enter the women’s 45kg-48kg (Minimumweight) final. 

Amit Panghal shows his class. In the SF of the men's 51kg category, he gets past a very strong Patrick Chinyemba who stopped his previous 2 opponents. Amit lost Rd1 but won next two nearly across the cards to set up a _bout. He has a chance to improve on the_ he won in 2018. pic.twitter.com/UDmRSlfmtD — jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) August 6, 2022

Nitu's match lasted for only one minute and thirty seconds. Nitu's boxing prowess was such that the match could not go beyond the second round and Ghangas won it via referee stoppage. Ghangas was extremely superb in these two rounds and gained approval from all judges though Dhillon competed well. The win has assured atleast a silver medal to India and the final will take place on Sunday at 3:00 PM IST. There is a lot of exciting boxing action for fans today.

___ WELL DONE! Nitu Ghanghas defeated Priyanka Dhillon of __ to qualify for the final.

_ Go for _, Nitu!

_ Getty _ #B2022 #CWG2022 #TeamIndia #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/czSwF6Ai1S — The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) August 6, 2022

Amit Panghal is currently boxing Patrick Chinyemba in semis of over 48-51 kg finals. Boxing champion Nikhat Zareen will be fighting in her Over 48-50 kg semis against Savannah Stubley of England from 7:15 PM onwards. From 8:00 PM onwards, boxer Jaismine Lamboria will be participating in semifinal of Over 57-60 kg against Gemmah Richardson of England. From 12:45 AM onwards, Rohit Tokas will be fighting in his Over 63.5-67 kg semis.
Lastly, Sagar Ahlawat will be boxing in over 92 kg semis from 1:30 AM. CWG 2022 started in Birmingham from July 28 and will go on till August 8.