New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The 2022 World Championships bronze medallist Manisha Moun (57kg) recorded a 5-0 win by ousting Tina Rahimi of Australia and marking a profitable day for India within the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships on Sunday.
Starting out on the entrance foot, the 25-year-old pugilist from Haryana was in cruise management all through the bout and gave her opponent no probability to make a comeback.
“While we had planned the strategy for this bout beforehand, the coaches’ advise in between the bout helped me understand the opposition’s mindset, land my punches perfectly and conserve my energy. I am here to fight and feel great carrying the weight of the country on my shoulders. I would like to thank the amazing support from Indians which has been crucial in helping the women boxers reach the pre-quarters,” stated Manisha.
Following this victory, Manisha will probably be going face to face in opposition to Nur Elif Turhan of Turkey within the subsequent spherical.
Earlier within the day, India’s notable pugilist Nikhat Zareen dominated proceedings on Day 4 of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and superior to the pre-quarters after securing a win by unanimous choice on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Sunday.
Being at her razor-sharp greatest, Nikhat toppled the highest seed Boualam Roumaysa of Algeria with a 5-0 victory within the 50kg class. The reigning World Champion asserted her dominance over the Algerian from the get-go and landed correct, highly effective punches to have the primary spherical to her title.The 26-year-old maintained her momentum from the primary spherical in scintillating trend and stored her opponent at bay within the subsequent two rounds as nicely to earn the win by unanimous choice.
Speaking after her stellar victory, Nikhat stated, “My technique immediately was to dominate a little bit from the primary spherical itself as she (Roumaysa) is the highest seed and had a bonus. I’ve by no means performed in opposition to her earlier than however I’ve seen her bouts beforehand. She is a fighter and he or she will get aggressive if one goes in shut vary together with her so my technique was to play from distance. There was some clinching every now and then however ultimately I received so I’m comfortable.
She will now tackle Mexico’s Herrera Alvarez Fatima in what will probably be a rematch of final version’s Round of 32 bout between the 2 pugilists.
Meanwhile, the 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia (50kg) of Colombia additionally started her marketing campaign with a victory as she defeated Nziva Veronica Mbithe of Kenya with a Referee Stops Contest (RSC) verdict within the second spherical. The adorned Colombian hardly needed to break a sweat in her bout and sealed the win by overpowering her opponent utilizing her immense energy and huge expertise.
Another Olympics medallist, Irma Testa of Italy bought off to a profitable begin on the match as she bought the higher of Reyes Moreno Leilany Noshbet of Guatemala with a 4-1 win within the 57kg class. The top-seeded Italian who clinched bronze on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics didn’t face a straightforward problem in opposition to her opponent however utilized her supreme technical skill to get the job performed.
On Monday, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) together with Sakshi Chaudhary (52kg) and Preeti (54kg) will take to the ring for his or her pre-quarters bouts. While Lovlina will face Citalli Ortiz of Mexico, Sakshi and Preeti will sq. off in opposition to Urakbayeva Zhazira of Uzbekistan and Jutamas Jitpong of Thailand respectively.
The 2018 World Champion Li Qian of China (75kg) who additionally has two Olympics medals to her title will probably be taking part in her match opener on Monday as nicely.(ANI)