Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Parveen Hooda Secures Asian Games Boxing Medal After Suspension
Parveen Hooda won her boxing quarter-final by a unanimous 5-0 decision.
This guarantees her a medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
She beat Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova by using quick punches and careful footwork.
Hooda’s coach said she controlled the fight from a distance.
Two years earlier, a suspension for failing to meet whereabouts rules caused Hooda to lose an earlier Asian Games medal and her Paris Olympics quota.
She will next box China’s Li Shu in the semi-final.
India has also secured medals through Narender Berwal and Ankush Panghal.
Sachin Siwach was the only Indian boxer mentioned as losing on Sunday.
Parveen Hooda defeated Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova 5-0 in the women’s 65kg quarter-final.
The victory assured Hooda a medal and sent her into a semi-final against China’s Li Shu.
Hooda’s medal comes after a whereabouts-failure suspension that erased her Hangzhou medal and Paris Olympics quota.
India has three assured boxing medals, with Narender Berwal and Ankush Panghal also winning their quarter-finals.
Sachin Siwach lost 4-1 to home boxer Shunsuke Kitamoto despite recently winning gold at the Glasgow Games.
- Who
- Indian boxer Parveen Hooda defeated Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova; Narender Berwal and Ankush Panghal also won, while Sachin Siwach lost.
- What
- Hooda won her women’s 65kg quarter-final 5-0 and assured herself of an Asian Games medal.
- When
- On Sunday, according to the article.
- Where
- At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Why
- The win advanced Hooda to the semi-final and marked a return after a suspension that had cost her an earlier Asian Games medal and Paris Olympics quota.
- Bout result
- Parveen Hooda defeated Navbakhor Khamidova 5-0.
- Weight category
- Women’s 65kg.
- Next opponent
- China’s Li Shu in the semi-final.
- India’s boxing medals
- India has three assured boxing medals.
- Other Indian winners
- Narender Berwal and Ankush Panghal won their quarter-finals.
- Previous suspension
- Hooda was suspended by the International Testing Agency for a whereabouts failure.
- Other result
- Sachin Siwach lost 4-1 to Shunsuke Kitamoto.