World boxing U-19 Championships: Aditya storms into final, to face Russian Magomedov for gold

Indian boxer Aditya advanced to the gold medal bout at the World Boxing U-19 Championships after registering a dominant 5:0 victory over Azerbaijan's Nihat Gasimov in the men's 55kg semifinals in Budva, Montenegro.

The Asian U-19 silver medallist controlled the contest across all three rounds to become the second Indian boxer to reach the final at the championships on Sunday night. He will face Russia's Islam Magomedov in the title bout.

Megha Sheokand had earlier secured a place in the women's 80kg final after a referee-stopped contest (RSC) victory over Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Chynybekova in the semifinals.

India are assured of two bronze medals as well.

Harshika narrowly missed out on a final berth in the women's 65kg category after losing 3:2 to the United States' Lauryn Elmore in a closely fought semifinal on Sunday evening.

Earlier, Prachi Tokas secured a bronze medal in the women's 80+kg category after losing her semifinal bout.