{"id":5649,"date":"2012-05-04T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T10:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5649"},"modified":"2012-05-04T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T10:32:16","slug":"presidents-cup-vikas-loses-kanwar-makes-it-to-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5649","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Cup: Vikas loses, Kanwar makes it to semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/boxing\/vikas_krishan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Vikas Krishan\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Almaty: <\/strong>Vikas Krishan (69kg) made a surprise exit from the tournament while Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg), displayed admirable talent to make it to the semi-finals of the 3rd International \u2018Republic of Kazakhstan President\u2019s Cup\u2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan here on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>London Olympics bound boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) lost to local lad Kojabekov Bakhitjan in the quarter-finals of the welter weight division.\u00a0 Vikas, who had beaten Ashkeev Madiyar of the Almaty team in the pre-quarters, once again made a strong start in the round of eight. With some precise attacking punches, the 20-year-old quickly took a one point lead after the opening three minutes of play. <\/p>\n<p>But the Kazakh boxer made a strong recovery in the second, taking three points as opposed to the Indian\u2019s one point.\u00a0 Vikas, the Asian Games Gold medallist tried hard to get back in the final round, but Bakhitjan managed to hold on to the advantage and beat Krishan on points 7:9. <\/p>\n<p>Playing in the same weight category, bronze medal winner at the senior nationals last year, Lakhbir Singh (69kg) also suffered a similar fate against silver medal winner at the 2011 World Boxing Championships and 2010 Asian Games gold medallist and Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan. The former world champion proved too strong for the Indian to handle. Lakhbir was completely at bay against the superior tactics and skill of Sapiyev. He was down 2:7 in the second round when the referee stopped the contest and handed victory to the Kazakh.<\/p>\n<p>But there was good news for India in the super heavy weight division. Rookie boxer Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg), playing his first international tournament, displayed admirable talent as he took on Demmene Nadir of Algeria. The stout 19 year old dominated the game with his long reach and attacking play. He led throughout the bout not allowing the Algerian boxer many chances to score. By the end of the second round there was a 6 point difference between the two; Kanwar went on to make a place in the semi-finals with an 11:4 win on points. He is now assured of at least a bronze medal finish from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday three Indian boxers will take to the rings in the round of four and will have to brave up against a strong home support along with their opponents, with all three going up against Kazakh boxers. L Devendro Singh (49kg) will have a tough ask ahead of him when he takes on Olympian and Asian Games silver medallist Birzhan Zakipov for a place in the finals. Asian Games silver medallist Manpreet Singh (91kg) will lock horns with Abduganiev Arbek, while Debutant Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg) will look to make it to his first international final against Dichko Ivan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almaty: Vikas Krishan (69kg) made a surprise exit from the tournament while Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg), displayed admirable talent to make it to the semi-finals of the 3rd International \u2018Republic of Kazakhstan President\u2019s Cup\u2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan here on Friday. London Olympics bound boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) lost to local lad Kojabekov Bakhitjan in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[4223,4224,281],"class_list":["post-5649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-kanwar-preet-singh","tag-presidents-cup","tag-vikas-krishan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President\u2019s Cup: Vikas loses, Kanwar makes it to semis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5649\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President\u2019s Cup: Vikas loses, Kanwar makes it to semis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Almaty: Vikas Krishan (69kg) made a surprise exit from the tournament while Kanwar Preet Singh (+91kg), displayed admirable talent to make it to the semi-finals of the 3rd International \u2018Republic of Kazakhstan President\u2019s Cup\u2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan here on Friday. 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