Incheon: Boxer Satish Kumar on Tuesday reached the semifinals, assuring India a medal in the superheavy weight category (+91kg), after winning his quarterfinal bout in the 17th Asian Games at the Seonhak Gymnasium here.
He beat Jordan's Hussein Eishaish 2-1 by a split decision.
He got a cumulative 28-29 verdict from Uzbekistan's Judge A and favourable vedicts from Cuba's Judge B and Philippines' Judge C, both giving 29-28 judgment to the Indian after completion of three rounds.
He will take on Kazakhstan's Ivan Dycho in the last four match on Thursday.
Earlier, Shiva Thapa lost his quarterfinal bout of the bantamweight (56kg) category, going down to Philippines' Mazrio Fernandez 0-3 by a unanimous judges' decision.
He got a 27-30 verdict from Tunisian Judge A, 28-29 from Belarusian Judge B and 27-30 from South Korea's Judge C.
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