Asian Boxing Championship: Sakshi Choudhary Loses Final Spot On Bout Review

India's Sakshi Choudhary lost her final spot in the Asian Boxing Championship after her opponent Dina Zholaman successfully challenged Sakshi's 3-2 victory in the last-four stage.

Indian boxer Sakshi Choudhary (54kg) has lost her final spot in the Asian Championships after her rival, top-seeded Kazakh Dina Zholaman, successfully challenged the narrow victory that the two-time youth world champion had clinched in the last-four stage. Sakshi had prevailed 3-2 in the regulation bout but the decision was challenged by the Kazakh team and eventually overturned. "Kazakhstan's Dina Zholaman defeated India's Sakshi Choudhary at the women's bantamweight (54kg)," the Asian Boxing Confederation announced. Zholaman was the declared winner in the official result sheet that came out at the end of the day's proceedings late on Thursday night. "The Kazakh team sought a review of the third round, which it felt should have been scored in favour of their boxer. On review, the jury found their contention to be correct and overturned the original verdict," a source in the Indian contingent told PTI.