3 min readUpdated: Aug 1, 2026 04:49 AM IST
Preeti Pawar was the first Indian boxer in action on Friday, who sailed into the Commonwealth Games final by out-punching Zambia’s Catherine Mwape in the last-four stage. She was followed by Ankush Panghal who got the better of Canada’s Joshua Ofori. Jaismine Lamboria also went through to the final after victory vs Rapelang Maselela in women’s 57kg semifinal while Arundhati Choudhary also will gun for a gold or silver medal in the final after defeating Wales’ Rosie Eccles in the women’s 70kg semifinal.
In the men’s 55 kg semifinal, Jadumani Singh also defeated Namibia’s Philip Pumulo Mutakela Haoseb and will take part in the summit clash. Later in the day, Sakshi Choudhary also defeated Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall in the women’s 51kg semifinal to punch her ticket to the final as 6 out of 6 Indian boxers won their semifinal matches.
Priya Ghangas and Lovlina Borgohain also won their respective bouts vs Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Tarona Khanum Badi Pasoni Taafaki and Sachin Siwach and Narender Berwal also booked their tickets to the final.
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Olympic medallist Lovlina barely broke a sweat as she cruised to a unanimous 5-0 victory over Tarona Khanum Badi Pasoni Taafaki of Tuvalu, producing a clinical display of ring craft to outclass her opponent in every department.
Narender rounded off a highly successful day for India in the ring with a commanding display against Trinidad and Tobago’s Nigel Paul in the men’s 90+kg category, outclassing his rival to secure a unanimous 5-0 decision from the judges.
Preeti Pawar (women’s 54kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg), Priya Ghanghas (women’s 60kg), Ankush Panghal (men’s 80kg) and Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg) also locked their places in the gold medal bouts.
Arundhati beat her Wales opponent 4-0 in a messy and ill-tempered women’s 70kg category semifinal as the Indian held on to her good show in the first two rounds, forcing Rosie to receive a standing count during that time.
Jaismine was so dominant in her 57kg semifinal bout that she won in a Referee Stops Contest (RSC) decision after the Lesotho boxer received her third standing count in the closing seconds of the second round. Jadumani entered the men’s 55kg final after beating P. P. M. Haoseb of Namibia in a unanimous 5-0 decision in the semifinals.
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Sakshi dished out a dominant display in women’s 51kg semifinals, beating Amber Jane Wall of Canada 5-0 in a unanimous decision to enter the final. Priya beat Lucy Kings-Wheatley of England in a unanimous 5-0 decision to enter women’s 60kg final.
Meanwhile, Preeti out-punched Zambia’s Catherine Mwape 5-0 while Ankush Brushed aside Joshua Ofori by a similar margin.
Ankush was equally dominant against Ofori, who resorted to repeated clinching after being comprehensively outboxed in the opening two rounds. Although the Canadian launched an all-out attack in the beginning of the second round, the Indian soaked up the pressure with ease before countering with crisp combinations to seal a one-sided 5-0 verdict.
