The Hindu : Sport : Johnson bags silver; bronze for Paramjeet, Vijender

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Johnson bags silver; bronze for Paramjeet, Vijender

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New Delhi: Super-heavy pugilist V. Johnson scored a morale-boosting win over Athens Olympics bronze medallist Ahmad Wattar of Syria in the semifinals before finishing with a silver medal in a Hungarian international boxing tournament held at Debrecen.

In the plus 91-kg category, Johnson beat Wattar 17-14 to avenge his 2002 loss to the Syrian at the Busan Asian Games.

In the final, Johnson gave a tough challenge to Germany's Kober Stefan before going down 13-18.

Johnson opened with a 23-8 verdict against Fazekhs Otto of Hungary and got past Steven Rudic of Australia 23-13 in the quarterfinals.

Bronze winners

Paramjeet Singh and Vijender bagged bronze medals as the 11-member Indian contingent returned here on Monday afternoon.

In the 48-kg class, Paramjeet had an impressive run till the semifinals, defeating Farhat Felivan of Turkey 12-9 and Romesh Fernando of Australia 20-15.

In the semifinals, Hungary's Bedak Pal outclassed the Indian 31-7.

In the 69-kg division, Vijender scored an emphatic win against Borna Katalinic of Croatia.

However, in the semifinals, he lost to David Kubicek of Hungary 9-24 and had to settle for bronze.

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