Boxing News: Amit Panghal clinches historic silver at World Boxing Championships

Indian boxer Amit Panghal’s phenomenal campaign in the men’s world championships ended with a silver medal after he went down to Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in an intense 52kg category final. Panghal lost 0-5 but the scoreline was hardly a reflection of the fight he put on against the more fancied Zoirov. The second-seeded Panghal became the first Indian male boxer to finish second in the world event and the country achieved its best-ever medal haul of two