Liverpool [UK], September 6 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain went down 0:5 towards Busra Isildar of Turkey within the second spherical of the ladies’s 75kg class, whereas Hitesh Gulia’s spirited battle was not sufficient to keep away from a 1:4 loss towards Finn Robert Bos of the Netherlands within the males’s 70kg bout on the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Saturday.
India has fielded a 20-member contingent on the inaugural World Championships being held below the aegis of the World Boxing Council, a not too long ago shaped worldwide governing physique for boxing, and has made a powerful begin to their marketing campaign, in keeping with a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
On the opposite hand, India’s star boxer Nikhat Zareen introduced her return on the worldwide stage with a medical win within the opening spherical of the ladies’s 51kg weight class on the competitors.
The 29-year-old, who was topped world champion twice earlier than, had not competed in any worldwide occasion this yr, however didn’t present any indicators of rustiness as she dominated the USA’s Jennifer Lozano from the primary minute to get a 5-0 verdict.
However, it was not an excellent outing for the opposite two Indians in motion on Saturday.
In the Friday night time session, World Boxing Cup Astana gold medallist Jaismine Lamboria defeated Daria-Olha Hutarina of Ukraine 5:0 within the ladies’s 57kg bout, whereas Narender Berwal opened his males’s 90+kg marketing campaign with a 4:1 win over Martin McDonagh of Ireland, the BFI press launch added.
Two extra boxers shall be in motion within the night session on Saturday, with Sachin (males’s 60kg) taking over Jacob Cassar of Australia, whereas Sanju (ladies’s 60kg) will face Aneta Rygielska of Poland. (ANI)