Amit Panghal

Amit Panghal (born 16 October 1995) is an Indian amateur boxer. He won silver medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Flyweight division. Panghal won a gold medal in Boxing World Cup 2020 held in 2020.

Amit Panghal
Statistics
Weight(s)52 kg (115 lb)
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-10-16) 16 October 1995
Mayna, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - -
World Boxing Championships - 1 -
Asian Games 1 - -
Commonwealth Games - 1 -
Asian Boxing Championships 1 - 1
Total 2 2 1
World Championships
2019 YekaterinburgFlyweight
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta PalembangLight Flyweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastLight Flyweight
Asian Championships
2017 TashkentLight flyweight
2019 BangkokFlyweight

Personal life

Panghal was born on 16 October 1995 in Mayna village of Rohtak district, Haryana. His father, Vijender Singh Panghal, is a farmer in Mayna, while his elder brother, Ajay Panghal, who works in the Indian Army. Ajay, a former amateur boxer, inspired Amit to take up boxing in 2007 at Sir Chhoturam Boxing Academy.[1][2]

As of March 2018, Panghal is serving the Indian Army as a junior commissioned officer (JCO).[1] He is serving in 22nd Battalion The Mahar Regiment.[3]

Career

Panghal won the gold medal in his debut appearance at the National Boxing Championships in 2017.[4] He won the bronze medal in the light flyweight category of the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Tashkent in May 2017, and qualified for the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships, where he was beaten in the quarterfinal by Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan.[5]

In February 2018, Panghal won the gold medal at the Strandzha Cup in Sofia.[6] He won the silver medal at 2018 Commonwealth Games in the light flyweight category. In April 2019 he won the Gold Medal at Asian Boxing Championship 2019 at Bangkok Defeated by Korean boxer Kim In-kyu (Bronze Medalist world boxing championship 2017).

On 11 September 2018, he was nominated for the Arjuna Awards on recommendation by the Boxing Federation of India in view of his stellar performance in the Asian Games. In February 2019, Amit Panghal successfully defended cup by winning consecutive (2018, 2019) gold medal at the Strandzha Cup in Sofia.

On 21 September 2019, he became the first Indian boxer to win silver medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships.[7] Panghal lost to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in 52 kg category final by 0-5, settling with a silver medal.[8]

In March 2020, Panghal qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after he defeated Philippines' Carlo Paalam in the 52 kg quarterfinal.[9] In December, Panghal won a gold medal in Boxing World Cup 2020 held in Cologne, Germany. He was also given a walkover by his opponent Argishti Terteryan from Germany.[10][11]

References
  1. Dhawan, Sunit (11 March 2018). "JCO from Rohtak makes it to Commonwealth Games". The Tribune. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Boxer Amit Panghal could win medal at Gold Coast after breakthrough year". Firstpost. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. baees, sherdil. "Inter-Services meet loss changed Panghal: Coach - Times of India". timesofindia.com.
  4. Sarangi, Y. B. (7 May 2017). "India puts up strong show in Asian Boxing C'ship". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  5. Gurung, Anmol (2 September 2017). "No medal but rich lesson for boxer Amit Panghal". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. "Strandja Memorial Tournament: Amit Panghal wins gold; Mary Kom, Seema Punia bag silver medals". Firstpost. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  7. "Amit Panghal becomes first Indian male boxer to win World Championships silver". Hindustan Times. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  8. PTI (21 September 2019). "World Boxing Championships 2019: India's Amit Panghal bags historic silver after losing to Shakhobidin Zoirov in final". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. "Tokyo tickets for Amit Panghal, Mary Kom and Simranjit Kaur - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. "Boxing World Cup: Amit Panghal wins gold after getting walkover in final, Satish Kumar bags silver at Cologne". India Today. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  11. "Boxing World Cup: Amit Panghal bags Gold, Satish Kumar wins silver at Cologne". DNA India. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.


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