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Vikas Krishan advances to Asian Boxing Championship final

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Asian Games bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan advanced to the finals of the middleweight category of the Asian Boxing Championship after comfortably defeating his Iraqi opponent Waheed Abdulridha in Bangkok on Friday.

The 23-year-old produced an attacking display to outclass Abdulridha 3-0 to set up a summit clash against Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev.

However, Satish Kumar (+91kg), L Devendro (49kg) and defending champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) had to settle for bronze medals after losing their respective semifinals.

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First Published: Sep 04 2015 | 10:32 PM IST

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