10 Indian boxers together with Lovlina, Pooja get first-round byes; 4 Indians to take cost on day 1 of World Boxing C’ships

Liverpool [UK], September 3 (ANI): The Indian contingent for the World Boxing Championships, which is underway at Liverpool, UK on Thursday, have been handed an honest draw with medal contender Hitesh Gulia (males’s 70kg), Abhinash Jamwal (males’s 65kg), Nikhat Zareen (ladies’s 51kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (ladies’s 70kg) avoiding tough opponents early within the competitors. While Gulia, Jamwal, Lovlina have a bye within the opening spherical, Nikhat Zareen will tackle Jennifer Lozana of USA, as per a press launch from Boxing Federation of India (BFI). The 20-Indian contingent is concentrated on placing collectively a powerful efficiency on the inaugural World Championships being held beneath the aegis of the World Boxing – a not too long ago fashioned worldwide governing physique for boxing — and their possibilities have undoubtedly been boosted by the return of Nikhat, former world champion and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina. Both Nikhat and Lovlina haven’t performed any worldwide occasion this 12 months however had been spectacular within the home circuit and dominated the trials. Indian boxers have impressed within the two World Boxing Cup competitions in Brazil and Kazakhstan profitable a complete of 17 medals, together with 4 gold. The World Boxing Championships would be the first time that each women and men competitions can be held collectively and over 544 boxers from 68 nationwide federations can be competing in 20 weight classes. Among the opposite medal contenders in fray for India, Sakshi (ladies’s 54kg) will open her marketing campaign in opposition to Viktoriia Shkeul of Ukraine, whereas Jaismine Lamboria (ladies’s 57kg) could have a troublesome second-round battle in opposition to Brazil’s upcoming star boxer Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu as soon as she will get previous Daria-Olha Hutarina of Ukraine within the opening spherical. Jaismine had received the higher of Romeu within the remaining of the World Boxing Cup in Astana and must be assured of repeating that efficiency in Liverpool. Hitesh and Abhinash have been positioned in numerous halves of the draw from their closest challengers Kainan Oliveira and Yuri Falcao (each from Brazil) respectively and must be favourites to achieve the summit conflict of their respective weight classes. Four Indian boxers can be in motion on the opening day of competitors with Pawan Bartwal (males’s 55kg) kicking off India’s marketing campaign in opposition to Brazil’s Michael Douglas Trindade with Sakshi (ladies’s 54kg), the skilled Sanamacha Chanu (ladies’s 70kg) and Harsh Choudhary (males’s 90kg) in motion within the night session. First spherical clashes of Indian playersWomen’s48kg – Meenakshi Hooda vs bye 51kg – Nikhat Zareen vs Jennifer Lozana (USA)54kg – Sakshi vs Viktoriia Shkeul (UKR) 57kg – Jaismine Lamboria vs Daria-Olha Hutarina (UKR) subsequent spherical upcoming Brazilian Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu60kg – Sanju Khatri vs Aneta Rygielska (POL)65kg – Neeraj Phogat vs Krista Kovalainen (FIN)70kg – Sanamacha Chanu vs Ditte Frostholm (DEN)75kg – Lovlina Borgohain vs bye80kg – Pooja Rani vs bye80+kg – Nupur Sheoran vs bye Men’s 50kg – Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs bye55kg – Pawan Bartwal vs Michael Douglas Da Silva Trindade60kg – Sachin Siwach Jr vs bye65kg – Abhinash Jamwal vs bye70kg – Hitesh Gulia vs bye75kg – Sumit Kundu vs Mohammad Alhussien (JOR)80kg – Lakshya Chahar vs bye85kg – Jugnoo Ahlawat vs bye90kg – Harsh Chaudhary vs Adam Tutak (POL)90+kg – Narender Berwal vs Martin McDonagh (IRL). (ANI)