Lovlina and Nikhat in the finals, eight boxers from Railways also won
Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain maintained their fine form to enter the final of the Women’s National Boxing Championship. Eight boxers from Railways also reached the finals, including 2019 World Championship silver medalist Manju Rani (48kg) and 2017 world youth champion Jyoti Gulia (52kg). Nikhat (50 kg) playing for Telangana defeated Shavinder Kaur of AIP by 5. beat by 0. Now he will face Anamika.
Assam’s Lovlina (75 kg) defeated Jigyasa Rajput of Madhya Pradesh. She will now take on 2021 World Youth Champion Arundhati Chowdhary of SSCB. Eight boxers from the defending champions Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) advanced to the finals. Manju defeated Anjali Sharma of MP and will now play S Kalaivani of Tamil Nadu. Jyoti defeated Sonia of Uttar Pradesh. Now he will face the witness of SSCB. Railway’s Anupama (50kg), Shiksha (54kg), Poonam (60kg), Sakshi (63kg), Anupama (81kg) and Nupur (81+) also entered the finals.
Last year’s World Championship bronze medalist Manisha (57kg) and World Championship bronze medalist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) also reached the finals. Manisha beat RSPB’s Sonia Lather by 4. 1 and will now play Vinakshi of Himachal Pradesh. While Simranjeet beat AIP’s Cross Mangehsangi by 5. beat by 0. He will now face RSPB’s Poonam.