Asian Games Boxing Bronze
India's Priya Ghanghas Secures Bronze Medal at Asian Games Boxing Tournament
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India’s Priya Ghanghas won bronze in the women’s 60kg boxing event at the 2026 Asian Games after losing 1-4 to former world champion Yang Chengyu in the semifinals. The 20-year-old made her Games debut and secured the medal with a 5-0 quarterfinal victory over Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova, rallying after dropping the opening round. India’s boxers had secured six medals, surpassing the country’s previous Games tally; Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal had reached the finals, while Lovlina Borgohain and Kapil Pokhariya were still seeking places in the gold-medal bouts.
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Ghanghas had already won gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games before making her Asian Games debut.
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In the quarterfinal, Tajik southpaw Mijgona Samadova initially disrupted Ghanghas with her lead punch and hook; Ghanghas adapted by combining her jab with a right straight and applying pressure. Samadova lost a point in the second round for holding.
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India’s Narender Berwal had also won bronze, in the men’s super-heavyweight division, before Ghanghas’s semifinal.
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