was a deal with for the Indian followers as all the 4 dwelling boxers, together with World champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) and Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), recorded creditable wins to e book their berths in the finals of the World girls’s boxing championships at the Ok.D. Jadhav Hall right here on Thursday.
Besides the two stars, Commonwealth Games champion Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and Asian champion Saweety Boora (81kg) fought onerous to script a profitable day for the host.
Nitu shocked Worlds silver medallist and present Asian champion Alua Balkibekova 5-2. in a detailed contest.
The hard-hitting Alua took the opening spherical, however an undaunted Nitu, who misplaced to the similar opponent in the earlier version, rallied to execute fast combos from a detailed vary to safe the subsequent two regardless of lots of holding from the drained Kazakh. Nitu will tackle Mongolia’s Altansetseg Lutsaikhan.
Nikhat, the 52kg gold medallist, raised her recreation to beat Colombian World and Olympic medallist Ingrit Valencia 5-0 and attain her second consecutive remaining in a distinct weight.
Utilising her expertise of her victory over southpaw Ingrit in a 2019 Big Bout League match, Nikhat moved effectively and used an efficient proper straight and some combos to declare the first two rounds earlier than taking part in it protected in the third.
“When my old tactics worked in the first round, I continued with it,” mentioned Nikhat, who would square-off in opposition to Vietnamese Thi Tam Ngyuen.
Lovlina supplied extra pleasure by outsmarting China’s a number of World and Olympic medallist Li Qian 4-1.
Li’s power-packed punches obtained her the first spherical. Lovlina linked punches from a protracted vary to take the second and spectacularly used the double-left-jab-and-right mixture in the third to guarantee victory. She will face Australia’s Caitlin Parker for the honours.
Saweety showcased her headshots to edge out Australian Emma-Sue Greentree 4-3 and arrange the title bout in opposition to Lina Wang of China.
The outcomes (semifinals):
48kg: Nitu Ghanghas bt Alua Balkibekova (Kaz) 5-2; Altansetseg Lutsaikhan (Mgl) bt Yasmine Mouttaki (Mar) 5-0.
50kg: Nikhat Zareen bt Ingrit Valencia (Col) 5-0; Thi Tam Ngyuen (Vie) bt Wassila Lkhadiri (Fra) 4-1.
52kg: Yu Wu (Chn) bt Yuliya Apanasovich (Blr) 5-0; Sirine Charaabi (Ita) bt Rinka Kinoshiita (Jpn) 4-1.
54kg: Hsian-Wen Huang (Tpe) bt Jutamas Jitpong (Tha) 5-0; Yeni Arias (Col) bt Enkhjargal Mungunsetseg (Mgl) 4-1.
57kg: Irma Testa (Ita) bt Amina Zidani (Fra) 5-0; Karina Ibragimova (Kaz) bt Yu-Ting Lin (Tpe) 4-3.
60kg: Beatriz Ferreira (Bra) bt Yeonji Oh (Kor) 5-0; Paola Valdez (Col) bt Wenlu Yang (Chn) 5-0.
63kg: Nataliya Sychugova (Rus) bt Camila Gabriela Camilo (Col) 4-1; Chengyu Yang (Chn) bt Fatia Benmessahel (Fra) 5-0.
66kg: Imane Khelif (Alg) bt Janjaem Suwannapheng (Tha) 5-0; Liu Yang (Chn) bt Nadezhda Ryabets (Kaz) 4-1.
70kg: Anastasiia Demurchian (Rus) bt Pan Zhou (Chn) 5-0; Kaye Scott (Aus) bt Barbara Dos Santos (Bra) 4-3.
75kg: Lovlina Borgohain bt Li Qian (Chn) 4-1; Caitlin Parker (Aus) bt Valentina Khalzova (Kaz) 5-0.
81kg: Saweety Boora bt Emma-Sue Greentree (Aus) 4-3; Lina Wang (Chn) bt Fariza Sholtay (Kaz) 4-1.
+81kg: Khadija Mardi (Mar) bt Diana Pyatak (Rus) 5-0; Lazzat Kungeibayeva (Kaz) bt Aynur Rzayeva (Aze) 5-0.
