New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Manisha Moun and Jaismine prolonged their dazzling present on the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships as they progressed into the quarter-finals with dominating victories on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex right here on Tuesday.
The defending champion Nikhat outpunched Mexican pugilist Fatima Herrera comfortably by unanimous choice within the 50kg pre-quarterfinals. The Indian made an aggressive begin and launched the assault from the phrase go, exhibiting fast motion as she proved too sturdy for Herrera, as per a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
“I played this boxer in the last World Championships too and had won. She was a little tougher today than last time. My weight category has changed from 52 to 50kg and my speed has increased but I still have to work on some things. I am happy that I played well today. Each player that I have played till now was tough,” mentioned Nikhat, who will probably be up towards the Thai boxer Chuthamat Rakshat within the quarter-finals.Jaismine additionally put up an equally sturdy efficiency throughout her 5-0 win towards Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova within the 60kg Last-16 bout.
This got here after Nitu (48kg) and Manisha offered hosts an ideal begin as they recorded a commanding Referee Stops Contest (RSC) wins of their respective matches.
While the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion Nitu made a cautious begin however took lower than six minutes to drive the referees to finish the competition towards Tajikistan’s Sumaiya Qosimova, Manisha and Turkey’s Nur Turhan exchanged heavy punches throughout an intense 57kg match.However, Manisha, who gained bronze within the final version, shortly shifted the gears to take the cost earlier than finishing a convincing victory ultimately. She will subsequent tackle French pugilist Amina Zidani within the quarter-finals whereas Nitu will face Japan’s Madoka Wada of Japan.
Meanwhile, it was heartbreak for Shashi Chopra (63kg) and Manju Bamboriya (66kg) who suffered to Japan’s Mai Kito (0-4) and Uzbekistan’s present Asian champion Navbakhor Khamidova (0-5) respectively.
Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Sakshi Choudhary (52kg), Nupur Sheoran (81kg) and Saweety Boora (81kg) are the opposite Indian boxers who’ve already secured their locations within the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals will probably be performed on Wednesday on the prestigious occasion, which is witnessing the participation of 324 boxers, together with a number of Olympic medallists, from 65 international locations preventing for the titles within the 12 weight classes.
In a significant upset of the day, Venezuela’s Omailyn Alcala shocked the previous world champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Nesthy Petecio of Philippines with an exhilarating 4-3 victory within the hard-fought 57kg contest.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Irma Testa (57kg), then again, had a straightforward outing as she continued her successful momentum with a snug 5-0 victory towards Vietnam’s Hao Nguyen Thi within the 57kg Last-16 match. (ANI)