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Youth Boxing Championships: Five young Indian boxers, Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda, Yashwardhan Singh, Laxmi and Nisha, came up with impressive performances to clinch gold medals in the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in here on Monday.

Brijesh won India's first gold medal of the tournament with a unanimous 5-0 win over Tajikistan’s Muminov Muinkhodzha in the men’s 48kg final. Aryan (51kg) added to the momentum with an equally dominant 5-0 victory against Kyrgyzstan's Kamilov Zafarbek.

Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg) had to work hard against Gafurov Ruslan of Tajikistan as both boxers showed great attacking intent but it was the Indian who ultimately clinched victory with a 4-1 verdict.