Shiva\, Hussamuddin among six to enter finals of Finland boxing tourney

Shiva, Hussamuddin among six to enter finals of Finland boxing tourney

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

There was no stopping the Indian as and Mohammed Hussamuddin, along with four others, advanced to the finals of in Helsinki,

The has set up a summit showdown with local favourite Arslan Khataev.

Signing off with bronze medals after semifinal losses were (91kg) and former youth world champion (52kg).

It will be a rare all-Indian final in the 56kg category with Hussamuddin taking on Kavinder Singh Bisht, a quarterfinalist.

bronze-medallist Hussamuddin pulled off a narrow 3-2 triumph over Kazakhstan's Zhanbolat Kydyrbayev, while Bisht got the better of Frenchman to make the finals.

Also advancing to the last-two stage were (69kg), Naveen Kumar (+91kg), and rookie Govind Sahani (49kg).

Dagar, a silver-medallist from last year's India Open, fetched a split 4-1 verdict over of He will be facing gold-medallist England in the finals. McCormack is also a two-time European silver-medallist.

Naveen also won 4-1 against Australia's Justis Huni and will fight for gold against England's Frazer Clarke.

Sahani was more dominant in his 5-0 triumph over Russia's Artysh Sojan. He will square off against Thailand's in his summit showdown.

However, Sangwan lost 0-5 to England's Chevon Clarke, while Sachin was defeated 1-4 by Kyrgyzstan's Azat Usenaliev.

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First Published: Sun, March 10 2019. 09:55 IST