Last Updated: March 25, 2023, 18:55 IST
IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship: Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora (BFI)
Nitu Ghanghas clinched gold in the 48kg class as Saweety Boora shall be in motion in the 81kg closing on the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship
Nitu Ghanghas defeated Lutsaikhan Altansetseg of Mongolia through a unanimous choice in the 48kg closing on the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Saturday. Nitu turned solely the sixth Indian boxer, male or feminine, to turn into a world champion.
Later in the day, three-time Asian medallist Saweety Boora Saweety Boora will tackle Wang Lina of China in the 81kg closing.
Two-time World Youth champion Nitu dominated Altantsetseg 5-0 in the primary spherical however was handed a 3-2 warning in the second. She clinched the third spherical effectively to beat the two-time Asian Championships bronze medallist Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg in the finals on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Indian, who’s a 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, competed in her second World Championships and has had a stellar marketing campaign to this point, recording three victories by Referee Stops Contest (RSC) verdicts.
“Winning against Kazakhstan (yesterday) was the most pressurising since I lost the last time (in the World Championships quarter finals) and after winning, I do feel confident. I can see a lot of improvement in my game as earlier I used to play just a single kind of game but now I know how to seamlessly change my techniques according to my opponent, and I am sure I’ll continue to play like this going further. I haven’t seen the bouts of my opponent for the finals but I will see her bouts and I will prepare accordingly. As far the aggression is concerned it will depend on the fight,” Nitu had stated forward of the bout.
Contesting her second World Championships closing, Saweety (81kg) will go face to face in opposition to the 2018 World champion Wang Lina of China in the ultimate on Saturday. The skilled pugilist from Haryana needed to accept the silver in the ultimate of the competitors in 2014 which was additionally in opposition to a Chinese opponent and therefore, will look to go all out this time spherical to keep away from a repeat of that end result.
“The bout (yesterday) was tough and the opponent was good but I was confident in my scoring and I was confident that I will win. I have a golden chance of changing my silver medal into gold and I hope I can do that. I have worked day and night for this and I want to make my country proud,” stated Saweety.
Two different Indians are in the title bout.
Reigning World champion Nikhat Zareen and the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain shall be in motion on Sunday.
Determined to defend her title and win back-to-back World Championships gold medals, Nikhat (50kg) shall be squaring off in opposition to the two-time Asian champion and 2018 Asian Games bronze medallist Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam in the ultimate on Sunday. Despite shifting to the sunshine flyweight class, the distinguished pugilist from Telangana has comfortably dominated all of her opponents to this point together with the African champion Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria, the two-time Worlds bronze medallist Chuthamat Raksat of Thailand and the Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia.
“This is the first competition in my boxing career where I am fighting a total of six bouts, especially back to back and all against experienced and tough opponents. However, I am really happy by the calibre of the performance I am showing here. I have placed my way into the finals even in the 50kg weight category and there is just one more match to go to win and defend my title. As I am moving forward my game is improving so I hope to give my best in the finals,” stated Nikhat.
Having secured two World Championships bronze medals in 2018 and 2019, Lovlina (75kg) shall be giving it her all to make sure that her third medal in the competitors is gold when she takes on the two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Caitlin Parker of Australia in the ultimate on Sunday. Similar to Nikhat, the Telangana born pugilist has additionally modified her weight class and has been on the high of her recreation all through the match, defeating the extremely adorned Li Qian of China in the semi-finals on Thursday.
“When I started playing in the 75kg category, I played nationals games, national championship and Asian Championship. Now coming to the present, all the games I have till yet played in this category have gone smoothly and I feel that I am more comfortable in this category as I don’t need to control myself a lot and do well in my natural weight. The next final will be tough but I will follow what the coaches tell me to and apply some of my planning in the ring with regards to the situation. I will keep fighting for my country and try and win gold for India to the best of my abilities and give my 100%,” stated Lovlina.
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