India produced a dominant boxing performance at the Commonwealth Games, winning seven gold medals. Ankush Panghal added the latest title in the men’s 80kg category, while Sachin, Jaismine, Preeti, Sakshi, Arundhati and Priya also struck gold
Published Date – 1 August 2026, 11:58 PM
Glasgow: India won their seventh gold medal in Commonwealth Games boxing as Ankush Panghal defeated England’s Dimeji Shittu in the men’s 80kg final here on Saturday.
Ankush won the bout 4-1 in a split decision against Shittu.
The other Indian gold medallists were Sachin Siwach, Jaismine Lamboria, Preeti Pawar, Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary and Priya Ghanghas, while Olympic medallists Lovlina Borgohain and Jadumani Singh settled for silver medals.
In the men’s 60kg final, Sachin defeated Namibia’s Tryagain Morning Ndevelo in a dramatic bout. He made a remarkable comeback after trailing his opponent in the first two rounds.
In the third and final round, Sachin forced a standing count against Ndevelo, resulting in a 3-2 split decision victory in favour of the Indian.
Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain settled for silver after losing to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree in the women’s 70kg final by a 1-4 split decision.
Arundhati defeated England’s Chantelle Reid in the women’s 70kg final by a unanimous 5-0 verdict.
Preeti claimed gold with a dominant 5-0 victory over Canada’s Scarlett Delgado in the women’s 54kg category before reigning world champion Jaismine clinched the yellow metal with the same scoreline against Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh, the defending champion in the women’s 57kg category.
Sakshi then defeated England’s Ruby White 5-0 in the women’s 51kg final to win India’s third boxing gold of the day.
It was a tougher final bout for Priya, who defeated Canada’s Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh 4-1 in a split decision in the women’s 60kg category.
Jadumani lost a hard-fought contest 0-5 against Australia’s Jye Dixon.
After struggling initially against his taller opponent, Jadumani rallied to win the first round 3-2.
However, Dixon fought back brilliantly to take the second round by a unanimous 5-0 verdict. The Australian used the momentum to edge out his opponent and end India’s golden run in the boxing ring.
Jadumani had stormed into the men’s 55kg final after securing a 5-0 unanimous decision victory over Namibia’s Philip Haoseb on Friday.
In the women’s section, Jaismine took the first round by a split decision after a close contest, with both boxers challenging each other.
However, Jaismine won the second round by a unanimous verdict, having landed some hard blows on her opponent.
Earlier, 22-year-old Preeti made a commanding start to her gold-medal bout, winning the opening round unanimously, with all five judges awarding her 10-8.
The World No. 3 in the bantamweight division started the second round on a positive note and continued in the same vein to emerge victorious, earning India’s first gold medal of the day.
