Star pugilists Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and Saweety Boora clinched the primary and second gold for India as she grew to become the World Championships. Whil Nitu defeated Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altansetseg at the marquee event on Saturday. Saweety punched out Wang Lina of China. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu has change into the sixth Indian boxer to be topped world champion adopted by Saweety to be the seventh within the listing.
Nitu put up an excellent efficiency out-punch Altansetseg 5-0 and declare the title for the minimal weight class in entrance of a packed crowd. Nitu began off aggressively and used her mixture of punches to register her win. She had defeated Asian champion Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan with a 5-2 victory to make it to the ultimate conflict. On the opposite hand, Saweety registered a 4-3 win.
Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006), Lekha KC (2006), and Nikhat Zareen (2022) are the opposite pugilists who’ve gained the world title.
Along with Nitu, Saweety, two different star pugilists from India have additionally made it to the ultimate of the occasion.
Competing in a brand new weight class, Nikhat Zareen (50kg) defeated Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia 5-0, and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) progressed to the ultimate conflict with a 4-1 win over Li Qian of China.Â
Nikhat will face the two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam within the ultimate. Lovlina will face Australia’s Caitlin Parker within the ultimate on Sunday.
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