Strandja Memorial Boxing: Indian women boxers Nitu (48kg) and Anamika (50kg) advanced to the quarterfinals of the 73rd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, after clinching impressive opening-round wins. Follow Strandja Memorial Boxing updates on Insidesport.IN
Nitu outpunched Russia’s Chumgalakova Iuliia 5-0, while Anamika defeated local hope Chukanova Zlatislava 4-1 to make the last-eight stage on Monday.
🇮🇳 #Nitu (48 kg) made her way into the quarterfinals after claiming a dominating 5️⃣-0️⃣ victory against 🇷🇺’s Chumgalakova Iuliia at the 73rd #StrandjaBoxingTournament2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬.
Way to go! 👏👏#PunchMeinHaiDum #boxing pic.twitter.com/CvFNZy1QT4
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) February 22, 2022
Strandja Memorial Boxing: Nitu, Anamika through to quarters of Strandja Memorial boxing tourney
Nitu and Anamika will now take on Italy’s Roberta Bonatti and Algeria’s Roumaysa Boualem respectively in their next bouts.
🇮🇳 #Anamika (50 Kg) puts up a fine performance to pack the local girl 🇧🇬 Chukanova Zlatislava 4️⃣-1️⃣ and sealed her berth in the Quarterfinals of 73rd #StrandjaBoxingTournament2022 . 🔥
Well done, champ! 👏#PunchMeinHaiDum #boxing pic.twitter.com/wDM4M66TgN
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) February 22, 2022
However, Shiksha (54kg) and Akash (67kg) lost their respective bouts to bow out of contention.
While Shiksha lost to Kazakhstan’s former world champion and reigning Asian gold-medallist Dina Zholaman, Akash was bested by Germany’s Deniel Krotter. Both of them lost by an identical 0-5 margin.
Strandja Memorial Boxing: Nitu, Anamika through to quarters of Strandja Memorial boxing tourney
On Tuesday, youth world champion Arundhati Choudhary (71kg) alongside national champion Rohit Mor (57kg) and six other Indian boxers will begin their campaign.
The tournament features over 450 boxers from 36 countries, including traditional powerhouses such as Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia and France.
A 17-member Indian contingent, including seven men and 10 women, is participating in the tournament.
India won two medals in the last edition with Deepak Kumar and Naveen Boora securing silver and bronze respectively.
Strandja Memorial Boxing: Nitu, Anamika through to quarters of Strandja Memorial boxing tourney
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