International Olympic Committee\u2019s (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF) ranked India\u2019s Amit Panghal as the World number one boxer in his men\u2019s flyweight (52kg). He is the only Indian boxer from the nine Tokyo-bound man and women pugilists to have received the top billing by the BTF. He is an Asian Champion and world Championships silver-medalist. His nearest rival, Uzbekistan, Shakhobidin Zoirov has been ranked fifth in the world.<\/p>\n
France\u2019s Billal Bennama is the world\u2019s number two boxer, Algerian Mohammad Flissi is the world\u2019s number three boxer and China\u2019s Hu Jianguan holds the fourth spot. The number one ranking will help Panghal in securing a favourable draw at the Olympics, where he\u2019s unlikely to face any strong challenger before the quarter-final bout. In the round of 64, Amit can get a bye based on his top billing.<\/p>\n
This is the second time Panghal has been ranked number one in less than fifteen months. He also becomes only the second Indian boxer to reach the top since Vijender Singh was ranked number one in the middleweight category in 2009 after securing the World Championship bronze. The IOC\u2019s BTF has the mandate to organise and deliver the qualification events for boxing and the Olympic boxing competitions in Tokyo after AIBA\u2019s suspension due to concerns over finance, governance, ethics, referring and judging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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