Amit Panghal

Subedar Amit Panghal (born 16 October 1995) is an Indian Army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and an amateur boxer.

Amit Panghal is the reigning Asian Games champion and a world championships silver-medalist [1] Asian Elite Boxing Championships Panghal failed to defend his gold medal, that he won in 2019, against reigning Olympic and world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan to finish second-best in Dubai.

On 11 September 2018, he was nominated for the Arjuna Awards on recommendation by the Boxing Federation of India in view of his stellar performance in the Asian Games.

[14] On 31 May 2021, Panghal won the silver medal at 2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships which was held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

He lost the final bout against reigning Olympic and world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan by a 3-2 split decision.

[18] On 7 August 2022, Panghal won Gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022 at Birmingham in 51kg flyweight category against Kiaran MacDonald by 5-0 unanimous decision.