Kapil Pokhariya wins 90kg boxing bronze after semi-final loss to Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev at Asian Games

Kapil Pokhariya (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s Kapil Pokhariya won the bronze medal after losing his semi-final match to Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev in the men’s 90kg category at the Nishio Gymnasium in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on Wednesday.Kapil lost to Khabibullaev 1-4 in the semi-finals and missed out on a place in the fight for the gold.The Uzbek boxer dominated the fight, with four of the five judges scoring all three rounds in his favor.These four judges gave Khabibullaev a 30-27 win, while the fifth judge scored the match 29-28 in favor of Kapil.Kapil entered the semi-finals after an impressive quarter-final win over Kim Gichae of South Korea.He won the quarterfinals by unanimous decision to secure a place in the last four.