With this India is assured of 10 medals (six men and four women).
The Commonwealth Games champion Vikas, who has already secured a berth for his third Olympics in Tokyo, accounted for Italian Mangiacapre in a 3-2 split decision.
Apart from Vikas, five more Indian men boxers registered victories in their respective quarter-final bouts to assure India six medals in men's category at the 35th edition of the tournament.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammed Husamuddin notched up a 5-0 win against Italy's Simone Spada in the 57kg .
World Championships bronze medallist Manish Kaushik,recorded a 4-1 win against Safiullin Zakir of Kazakhstan.
2019 Asian Championship silver medallist Ashish Kumar (75kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) also made their way into the semi-finals with 4-1 wins in their respective matches.
Ashish beat Italy's Remo Salvatti and Sumit won against Belgium’s Ziad El Mohor.
Satish Kumar, the first Indian boxer to qualify in +91kg at Olympics, outclassed Denmark’s Morten Givskov Nielson 5-0.
Meanwhile, World Championship silver medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) and Sanjeet (91kg) suffered defeats in their respective last-8 bout.
Panghal lost to local favourite and European Games champion Gabriel Escobar 2-3. Sanjeet went down to Italy’s Matteo Girolamo 2-3.
In the women's category, Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom (51kg), Jasmine (57kg), Simranjit (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) are in Semis.
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BOXING: VIKAS KRISHAN LEADS SIX BOXERS INTO SEMI-FINALS AT BOXAM INTERNATIONAL, INDIA ASSURED OF TEN MEDALS
Harpal Singh Bedi - 2021-03-05 15:50
New Delhi: Vikas Krishan Yadav (69kg) outpunched the London Olympic Games bronze medallist Vicenzo Mangiacapre and led six-Indian pugilists in the semi-finals on the third day at the Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain.