Astana [Kazakhstan], Indian young boxers Aryan, Yashvardhan Singh, Priyanshu and Sahil entered the semi-finals with confident victories at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Aryan gave a great start to India. In the 51kg category, Uzbekistan's Zuraev Shakarboy again won by 5-0 unanimous decision. Their win came after Yashvardhan (63.5kg) made a remarkable comeback after losing in the first round with a 4-1 win over Iran's Mirhamadi Babahedri Priyanshu (71kg) and Sahil (80kg) on ​​the other hand. In the decider against Chinese Taipei's Wu Yuen and Turkmenistan's Ylyimov Abdiram, they did not have to break a sweat after the referee stopped the contest (RSC). Meanwhile, Jatin ended his campaign in the 57kg category with a 1-4 loss against Uzbekistan's A. Nodirbek youth semi-finals will be played on Friday, Aryan (92kg), Nisha (52kg), Akansha Falaswal (70kg) and Rudrika (75kg) will compete in their respective youth quarterfinal bouts late tonight, Jugnu (86kg ), Tammana (50kg) and Preeti (54kg) claimed victories to enter the Under-22 semi-finals. On Thursday, eight under-22 boxers will take to the ring for their quarter-final bouts, M Jadumani Singh (51 kg), Ashish (54 kg), Nikhil (57 kg), Ajay Kuma (63.5 kg), Ankush in the men's category. (71 kg) and Dhruv Singh (80 kg) while in the women's category, Gudd (48 kg) and Poonam (57 kg) have been prestigious tournaments. High-voltage action is in store with the presence of over 390 boxers from over 24 countries, fighting for medals in 25 weight categories. The finals of the youth and under-22 categories will be played on May 6 respectively.