Women Boxing World Championship LIVE: Asian Championships bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen (52kg) secured India its first medal at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday by advancing to the semifinals with a superb win. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
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Continuing her stellar run from the prestigious Strandja Memorial tournament where she won the gold earlier this year, Nikhat out-punched England’s Charley-Sian Davison 5-0. The 25-year-old Telangana boxer was all pumped up in her highly physical bout against Davison. Both boxers went attacking ferociously against each other in the first round.
However, the second round was a one way street as Nikhat pounded her opponent with terrific body shots to tire her out while also landing clean and sharp punches. With the two rounds in the bag, Nikhat then displayed her defensive skills as she no longer felt the need to be on the offensive in the final few minutes of her quarterfinal bout.
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However, Nitu (48kg) ended her campaign with a 2-3 split verdict quarterfinal loss to reigning Asian champion Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan.
The 21-year-old from Haryana, who is a two-time youth world champion, started the bout cautiously, enticing her opponent to come at her but struggled to land punches herself.
The Indian tried hard to break Balkibekova’s defences as the Kazakh boxer moved around swiftly. Nitu managed to up the ante in the final round but it was too late as the judges ruled in her opponent’s favour.
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Jasmine landed perfect punches on Angela Harries, leading the referee to call the bout off after only the first round.
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Nitu (48kg) defeated Spain’s Lopez Del Arbol by unanimous decision, Manisha (57kg) defeated Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva 4-1, Tokyo Olympian and two-time Asian Champion Pooja Rani (75kg) defeated Hungary’s Timea Nagy by unanimous decision, and Nandini (81+kg) was given a bye to advance to the quarter-finals.
Later in the day, Manisha (57kg), Parveen (63kg), Pooja Rani (81kg), Anamika (50kg) Jaisimine (60kg) and Nandini (+81kg) will compete in their quarterfinals bouts.
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