Five more Indians reach the semifinals

Five more Indians reached the semifinals to confirm medals for India at the Asian boxing championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sunday (April 5. 2026).

World champions Minakshi Hooda (48kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) got the better of Japan’s Yuka Sadamatsu and China’s Ziyi Chen respectively with an identical 5-0 verdict to enter the last four.

With Minakshi and Jaismine’s wins, all 10 Indian women in fray ensured medals.

Minakshi will meet Thailand’s Thipsatcha Yodwaree, while Jaismine will face Uzbek Olympian Nigina Uktamova.

Three more Indian male boxers, Akash (75kg), Lokesh (85kg) and Harsh Choudhary (90kg), posted identical 5-0 wins over Turkmenistan’s Yhlas Bagtyyarov, Korea’s Kim Gichae and Kyrgyzstan’s Tynystan Alybaev respectively in quarterfinals to enter medal rounds.

Akash, Lokesh and Harsh will take on Javokhir Abdurakhimov, Jasurbek Yuldoshev and Parviz Karimov respectively.

Altogether, six Indian men have booked berths in the semifinals.

The results (quarterfinals): Men: 75kg: Akash bt Yhlas Bagtyyarov (Tkm) 5-0; 80kg: Hussein Iashaish (Jor) bt Ankush 5-0; 85kg: Lokesh bt Kim Gichae (Kor) 5-0; 90kg: Harsh Choudhary bt Tynystan Alybaev (Kgz) 5-0.

Women: 48kg: Minakshi Hooda bt Yuka Sadamatsu (Jpn) 5-0; 57kg: Jaismine Lamboria bt Ziyi Chen (Chn) 5-0.