Vishvanath Suresh wins gold at Asian Boxing Championships 2026

Key facts

• The Asian Boxing Championships 2026 was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
• India concluded the tournament with a total of 16 medals, including five gold, three silver, and eight bronze medals.
• India finished second on the medal table with five gold medals, while Kazakhstan secured the top position with six gold medals.
• Vishvanath Suresh won the gold medal in the men’s 50kg category by defeating Japan’s Daichi Iwai with a 5-0 scoreline.
• Sachin Siwach secured a silver medal in the men’s 60kg division after a 2-3 loss to Orazbek Assylkulov of Kazakhstan.
• Four Indian men, Harsh Choudhary (90kg), Akash (75kg), Lokesh (85kg), and Narender (+90kg), claimed bronze medals.
• The Indian women’s team topped their medal charts with four gold medals won by Minakshi Hooda (48kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), and Arundhati Choudhary (70kg).
• Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Alfiya Pathan (+80kg) achieved silver medals in the women’s competition.
• Bronze medals in the women’s category were awarded to Nikhat Zareen (51kg), Ankushita Boro (65kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), and Pooja Rani (80kg).
• Ajay Singh, the President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), highlighted that all 10 Indian women boxers finished with a medal.