Star boxer Nikhat Zareen kickstarted India’s problem impressively on the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships with a dominating victory whereas Sakshi Chaudhary, Nupur Sheoran and Preeti additionally made profitable begins on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Thursday. The 26-year-old exuberant boxer from Telangana, who clinched 52kg gold within the final version in Istanbul, started her title defence in fashion as she took simply over 4 minutes to outclass Anakhanim Ismayilova with the Referee Stops Contest (RSC) verdict within the 50kg opening spherical contest. The pugilists from Azerbaijan seemed clueless in opposition to Zareen’s sturdy jabs and fast motion in a completely lopsided bout. The Indian will tackle top-seeded Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria within the second spherical.
Zareen’s dominating triumph, within the first bout of the day, supplied a befitting begin to the distinguished occasion, which is being hosted by the Boxing Federation of India for the document third time within the nation.
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_ IBA Womens World Boxing Championships
_ March 15 – 26
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Extending India’s domination additional on the opening day, 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist Chaudhary and Sheoran additionally registered emphatic wins with an an identical 5-0 margin of their respective matches.
Chaudhary dominated Colombian Maria Jose Martinez with supreme technical means within the 52kg Round-of-32. Sheoran (+81kg), then again, proved too sturdy for Abiola Jackman of Guyana within the Round-of-16 bout. Chaudhary will now face Kazakhstan’s Urakbayeva Zhazira within the subsequent spherical whereas debutant Sheoran can be up in opposition to robust Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhstan, the 2016 World Champion, within the quarter-finals.
Later, Preeti’s RSC win over Hungary’s Hanna Lakotar within the 54kg opening spherical ensured an unbeaten document for hosts on Day 1 of the event. She can be up in opposition to final version’s silver medallist Lacramioara Perijoc of Romania within the second spherical.
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Preeti received by RSC _
_ IBA Womens World Boxing Championships
_ March 15 – 26
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— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) March 16, 2023
Meanwhile, in a stunning flip of occasions, French boxer Lkhadiri Wassila brought on a serious upset of the day within the 50kg class when she despatched the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Chang Yuan of China packing with a 5-2 win in an exciting bout after the evaluation.
The on-going occasion 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.
Rio Olympics champion Estelle Mossely (60kg) of France is scheduled to start her marketing campaign on the second day of the event on Friday together with another high boxers, together with the five-time World Championships medallist Elif Guneri (75kg) of Turkey, reigning Asian Champion Oh Yeon-Ji (60kg) of South Korea, and former world champions Italy’s Alessia Mesiano (60kg) and Lina Wang (81kg) of China.
Among Indians, Jaismine Lamboria (60kg), Shashi Chopra (63kg) and Shruti Yadav (70kg) will combat within the Round-of-32.
The event has an enormous prize pool of Rs 20 crore.
