Gaurav Bhiduri, the lone Indian boxer who reached the semifinal in World Boxing Championship lost his bout against American Duke Ragan and thus settled for a bronze in 56kg batamweight division. Bidhuri lost against Ragan via a unanimous 5-0 decision in the Championship held in Hamburg.
In the first, Bhiduri was quite confident as he and Ragan exchanged equal number of jabs. But from the second round onwards, when Ragan started to move well, Bidhuri could not keep pace with his opponent. Despite the loss, Bhiduri joined a rare club of pugilist who won a world championship medal for India. Prior to him, Vijender Singh in 2009, Vikas Yadav in 2011 ans Shiva Thapa in 2015 won bronze medal for India.
It is to be noted that he Gaurav Bhiduri was initially not selected in the team till the second half of July due to his injury. But he was handed a wildcard entry by the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC).
