Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Thapa has qualified for at least a bronze medal after reaching the semifinals of the ongoing IBA Men's World Boxing Championship in the UAE. This will be the first medal for Nepal in the World Boxing Championship.
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Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Thapa has reached the semifinals of the IBA Men's World Boxing Championship being held in the UAE.
By reaching the semi-finals, he is entitled to at least a bronze medal. This will be the first medal Nepal is going to win in the World Boxing Championship.
On the way to achieving historical success, Chandra defeated Iranian boxer Mehdi Kazemi in the 54 kg weight category by unanimous decision 5:0, making Nepal proud on the international boxing stage.
Earlier, he defeated boxers from Indonesia and Armenia to make it to the quarterfinals. He has ensured a prize money of at least 75 thousand US dollars for securing the bronze medal.
Now he will face a Kazakh player in the semi-finals. If he wins, Chandra will reach the final and become entitled to a prize money of 150 thousand US dollars. This will be the biggest prize money in the history of Nepali boxing.
Similarly, Lal Bahadur Upreti in the 48 kg weight category was defeated in the quarterfinals. He was defeated 5:0 by Kazakhstan's Temirtas Jusupova, who had an impressive performance in the competition. He
He defeated boxers from Ethiopia and Moldova to make it to the quarterfinals. He received a prize of 10,000 US dollars. 5 boxers from Nepal participated in the competition. They are players trained by IBA Three Star Coach Deepak Maharjan.
