Boxing World Championships: Nishant Dev, Too, Settles For Bronze After Mohammad Hussamudin, Deepak Bhoria

It was he🧔a🙈rtbreak for Hussamudin as the Nizamabad boxer was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury about an hour before his semifinal bout.

On the other hand, Deepak's memorable campaign came to end as he went down fighting to two-time World Championships bronze medallist France's Bilal Ben♊nama 3-4 in a close contest which went into bout review.

Nishant's semifinal also went to bout review with the judges ruling in favour of the 2022 Asian champion and 2018 Asian Games🔥 silver medallist Aslanbek Shymbe♎rgenov of Kazakhstan.

Deepak was named in the sq😼uad ahead of 2019 Worlds silver🔯 medallist Amit Panghal.

Both boxers were tentative in the beginning, trying to get the m💎easure of their opponents. Deepak was able to land a few punches, but Bennama used his left jabs to great effect and took the round 3-2.

Bennama was the aggressor in the second round as he moved ar🦩ound the ring to dodge Deepak's punches, but the Indian found a way to breach his ꩲdefences and land some eye-catching right crosses.

The fiꦅnal three minutes were fought intensely with both boxers throwing punches, but the Fren🐭chman was successful in blocking Deepak's blows to take the win.

Earlier, the 29-y🥀ear-old Hussamudin sustained a knee injury in his quarterfinal bout against J Diaz Ibanez of Bulgaria and decided against risking aggravation.

"Hussamuddin gives a walkover due to inj⛦ury and settles for bronze. He had a knee injury in the last bout after which he had pain and swelling," Boxing Federation of Indi💃a (BFI) said in a statement.

"After careful and detailed assessment by medical team, Team Management have decided that he won't take 🅘part in the semi-final bout which is to take place today as he doesn't want the injury to aggravate rather recover for future competitions."

Hussamudin, who was competing in his debut World Champi✨onships, was scheduled to face Cuba's Saidel Horta in the laꦜst four clash.