Commonwealth Games 2018: Boxing Men's 91kg Semifinals, Naman Tanwar fighting for medal, Live Updates

The action commences at 10:32 am at the Oxenford Studios - Boxing

Updated: 13 April 2018 11:08 IST - Published: April, 13 2018 09:10 AM IST

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Naman Tanwar wins the Bronze medal

AAAAANNNDDDDD THE WINNER IS...Jason Whateley

Results coming up!

Round 3 ends!

A minute to go!

Naman and Whateley going for each other once again at the ropes!

Naman with a left hook!

Round 3 begins!

Intense fight so far

The boxers were going at each other even after the bell rung!

Round 2 ends!

A minute to go!

Naman has been really impressive so far

Naman dodges a few punches before trying to counter

Round 2 begins!

Round 1 ends!

Naman is on the floor! He slips and lands on the floor

A minute to go!

Naman with a slight change of approach. He is more defensive than usual

Expect a lot of noise in the stadium as the Indian and Australian have a go at each other

Round 1 begins and Naman straight on the attack

Naman looking extremely confident, can he be the fourth Indian boxer to make it through to the finals?

Naman will be in the red corner. He has stood out so far for his maverick style of boxing where he focuses solely on his instincts and reflexes rather than defense.

Naman Tanwar faces Jason Whateley of Australia.

The match is about to start!

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of Boxing Men's 91kg Semifinals between Naman Tanwar of India & Jason Whateley of Australia!

As the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games head into their final stages, there is still a lot of action to come. Day 9 started off on a positive note with Tejaswini Sawant winning a gold medal & Anjum Moudgil winning a silver medal in Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Finals.

Next up is Boxing Men's 91kg Semifinal 1:

Naman Tanwar (IND) vs Jason Whateley (AUS)

Naman Tanwar won his first bout in the Round of 16 against Haruna Mhando of United Republic of Tanzania with a unanimous decision of 5-0, and his won his Quarterfinal bout against Frank Masoe of Samoa also with a unanimous decision of 5-0.

Medals won on Day 8: Day 8 was a good one for India in Wrestling with Rahul Aware bringing home a Gold medal in Wrestling in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg category. Babita Kumari losing out to Diana Weicker in the Gold medal match in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg category and having to settle for a Silver medal. Kiran also winning a Bronze medal for India in Wrestling Women's Freestyle 76 kg. Sushil Kumar "the superman" winning a gold in Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg category.

In Shooting, Tejaswini Sawant won a Silver medal for India in the Women's 50m Rifle Prone Finals. There was a lot of progress in Badminton and Table Tennis as well. Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, and H.S. Prannoy all advanced to the latter rounds of Singles category.

However, there was disappointment in Hockey, as the Indian Women's team lost 1-0 to Australia in the Semifinals. They will now face the loser of the other semifinal on a later date to confirm a bronze medal.

India will be looking to finish the tournament on a high as a lot of medals will be decided in the next three days, starting on Day 9.

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