<p class="title">Indian boxers Amit Panghal (49kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) assured themselves of Commonwealth Games medals on debut after advancing to the semifinals here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit defeated Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed in a split 4-1 verdict. The 19-year-old Naman, on the other hand, hammered Samoa's Frank Masoe 5-0 in his quarterfinal clash to move into the medal round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't expect Ahmed to be this good. He surprised me with his speed and my counter-attack wasn't working at all. The coaches then told me to go all out aggressive which is what got me the results that I wanted," Amit told PTI after his bout.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing a third successive international gold, the 22-year-old from Haryana overcame a rusty start to turn the tables on his opponent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is definitely going to be the biggest medal of my career so far. There is no doubt about that," said the world championships quarterfinalists</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit had lost the opening round on a majority decision but came back strongly to clinch the bout and a spot in the semifinals in his maiden appearance at a multi-sport event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had won gold medals at the India Open and the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Bulgaria before coming into the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naman is a former bronze-medallist from the youth world championships and defeated Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the national trial to clinch a spot in the team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Delhi-boxer took to boxing to lose weight. He will be up against Australia's Jason Whateley in his semi-final clash on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, MC Mary Kom (48kg) had assured herself of a medal at the event, winning her opening round clash.</p>
<p class="title">Indian boxers Amit Panghal (49kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) assured themselves of Commonwealth Games medals on debut after advancing to the semifinals here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit defeated Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed in a split 4-1 verdict. The 19-year-old Naman, on the other hand, hammered Samoa's Frank Masoe 5-0 in his quarterfinal clash to move into the medal round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't expect Ahmed to be this good. He surprised me with his speed and my counter-attack wasn't working at all. The coaches then told me to go all out aggressive which is what got me the results that I wanted," Amit told PTI after his bout.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chasing a third successive international gold, the 22-year-old from Haryana overcame a rusty start to turn the tables on his opponent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is definitely going to be the biggest medal of my career so far. There is no doubt about that," said the world championships quarterfinalists</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amit had lost the opening round on a majority decision but came back strongly to clinch the bout and a spot in the semifinals in his maiden appearance at a multi-sport event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had won gold medals at the India Open and the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Bulgaria before coming into the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naman is a former bronze-medallist from the youth world championships and defeated Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the national trial to clinch a spot in the team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Delhi-boxer took to boxing to lose weight. He will be up against Australia's Jason Whateley in his semi-final clash on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, MC Mary Kom (48kg) had assured herself of a medal at the event, winning her opening round clash.</p>