Jadumani registered a unanimous 5-0 win over the reigning World Championships' bronze medallist Thapa with a brilliant bout. He was extremely dominant despite having started a bit slowly as his precise punches impressed the judges across the three rounds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Having bagged the opening two rounds, Jadumani kept dominating the contest and hit a left hook as Thapa faced a standing count in the third round. The Indian boxer bagged the third round too and won the contest with three 30-27 cards and two 29-28 cards.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jadumani will now be up against Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam in the pre-quarters on Saturday. Paalam is a silver medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. He also won a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Glasgow Games gold medallist Sakshi Chaudhary defeated Paris Olympics bronze winner Aira Villegas in the preliminary round at the Asian Games 2026 to march into the pre-quarters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chaudhary outclassed the Filipino pugilist by a unanimous decision of 5-0 as she displayed a stellar performance on her Asian Games debut at the Nishio Gymnasium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She won all three rounds unanimously with scores of 10-9 and was the superior boxer of the two, with her precise punches being too much to handle for the Paris bronze winner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist has now moved into the pre-quarters and will be facing current 51kg world champion Alua Balkibekova in a tough fight on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She won all three rounds unanimously with scores of 10-9 and was the superior boxer of the two, with her precise punches being too much to handle for the Paris bronze winner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the CWG 2026, Sakshi won the gold medal after defeating England's Ruby White in the final 5-0. After a successful CWG, Sakshi kept her eyes on the Asiad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n