Kavinder Bisht Explained

Kavinder Singh Bisht
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1 February 1995
Birth Place:Panda, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India[1]

Kavinder Singh Bisht (born 1 February 1995) is an Indian boxer who competes in the featherweight category.

Bisht won the silver medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships,[2] having beaten reigning world champion Kairat Yeraliyev in the quarterfinal.[3] [4]

At the AIBA World Boxing Championships, Bisht was a quarterfinalist in the flyweight category in 2017[5] and quarterfinalist in the featherweight category in 2019.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kavinder Bisht . Indian Boxing Federation . 2 October 2019.
  2. News: Asian Boxing Championships: Amit Panghal bags second successive gold; Deepak Singh, Kavinder Singh Bisht claim silver . 2 October 2019 . Firstpost . 26 April 2019.
  3. News: Kavinder Bisht stuns world champ Yeraliyev to enter Asian Championship semis . 2 October 2019 . Sportstar . 22 April 2019.
  4. Web site: ASBC Elite Boxing Championships 2019 . 2 October 2019.
  5. News: World Boxing Championships: Gaurav Bidhuri settles for bronze after semifinal loss . 2 October 2019 . DNA India . 31 August 2017.
  6. News: World Boxing Championships: Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik Advance To Semi-Final, Kavinder Bisht, Sanjeet Knocked Out . 2 October 2019 . NDTV . 18 September 2019.