U19 World Boxing Futures Cup:<\/b> Aditya became the first Indian male boxer to be assured of a medal after he defeated Tommaso Orlando of Italy 5:0 to reach the men\u2019s 55kg semifinal in the 2026 World Boxing U-19 Championships in Budva, Montenegro, on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the semifinals, Aditya will face Nihat Gasimov of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Megha Sheokand (women\u2019s 80kg) and Prachi Tokas (women\u2019s 80+ kg) have already reached the semifinals of their respective weight categories to be assured of a medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the late evening session on Friday, Mausam Suhag lost his Men\u2019s 65kg quarterfinal by a 0:5 margin against Yashua Flemming of England, Aman Dev went down 0:5 against Georgia\u2019s Shalva Beridze in men\u2019s 50kg, while Lakshu suffered a 0:5 loss against Marley Mcnealy of USA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier on Friday, Megha Sheokand became the second Indian to be assured of a medal in the ongoing 2026 World Boxing U-19 Championships after she defeated Turkey\u2019s Melisa Eroglu 5:0 to reach the women\u2019s 80kg semifinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prachi Tokas had assured India of its first medal in the women\u2019s 57kg category. Asian U-19 champion Prachi also kept her hopes of a medal alive as she registered a dominant win over Alie Chartier of Canada.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prachi dominated both rounds against Chartier, who got one count in the first and two in the second before the Indian was awarded the bout by RSC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A day before, she had outplayed Samoa\u2019s Kealey Perez to reach the semifinals. In the quarterfinals on late Tuesday evening, Tokas dominated all three rounds against Perez, who had won the gold medal in the 80kg at the U19 World Boxing Futures Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Himanshi went down 1:4 against Ellen Joyce of Ireland in the women\u2019s 48kg pre-quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A day before, she had outplayed Samoa\u2019s Kealey Perez to reach the semifinals. In the quarterfinals on late Tuesday evening, Tokas dominated all three rounds against Perez, who had won the gold medal in the 80kg at the U19 World Boxing Futures Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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