Indian Boxers Ankush Panghal, Parveen Hooda and Narender Berwal Assure India of Three Medals at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

Key facts

• Indian boxers Ankush Panghal, Parveen Hooda and Narender Berwal won their quarter-final bouts at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, assuring India of at least three bronze medals.
• Ankush Panghal defeated Tajikistan's Salimov Nekruz 5-0 in the 80kg quarter-final; he is a gold medallist at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and won silver at the Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar this year.
• Parveen Hooda beat 2025 World Championships silver medallist Khamidova Navbakhor of Uzbekistan 5-0 in the women's 65kg quarter-final; her previous Asian Games bronze was stripped after a WADA suspension for whereabouts failure.
• Narender Berwal, the 2023 Asian Games bronze medallist, won by RSC in 1:37 minutes against Thailand's Saengtep Adthapong in the +90kg quarter-final.
• Sachin Siwach lost 0-5 to Japan's Shunsuke Kitamoto, the 2025 World Championships bronze medallist, in the 60kg category.