New Delhi, Feb 1: MC Mary Kom claimed the gold but the Indian men were denied a complete sweep by traditional powerhouses Cuba and Uzbekistan on an exciting final day of the India Open boxing tournament, here on Thursday.
Mary Kom defeated Filipino Josie Gabuco 4-1 en route to the gold in the women's 48kg class.
Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) was the first among the women to fetch a gold. The former world and Asian bronze medallist claimed a 3-2 win over Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee.
Another Assam boxer, Lovlina Borgohain, claimed the women's welterweight (69kg) gold defeating compatriot Pooja.
L Sarita Devi (60kg) settled for a silver medal after losing to Finland's Olympic bronze-medallist Mira Potkenon.
In the men's draw, Sanjeet (91kg) picked up India's first gold of the day when he upstaged Uzbekistan's Sanjar Tursunov.
National champion Manish Kaushik (60kg), who stunned the world and Asian medallist Shiva Thapa on Wednesday, didn't have to step inside the ring to collect his gold.
Manish was given a walkover by his Mongolian rival Battumur Misheelt, who pulled out owing to a cut sustained on his forehead during his semifinal bout.
Asian Games bronze-medallist Satish Kumar (+91kg), was outwitted by Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov in a split 4-1 decision.
Dinesh Dagar took the welterweight (69kg) silver after going down to Uzbekistan's Bobo-Usmon Baturov.
Later, Devanshu Jaiswal (81kg) also won the silver after losing to Cuba's David Gutierrez.
Among women, former world silver medallist Saweety Boora (75kg) also had to be content with a second-place finish against Cameroon's Essaine Clotilde.
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