Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas and Manisha Moun prolonged their dazzling present on the IBA Women`s World Boxing Championships to progress into the quarter-finals, with dominating victories on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Tuesday. The defending champion, Nikhat outpunched Mexican pugilist Fatima Herrera comfortably by unanimous resolution within the 50kg pre-quarterfinals.
The Indian made an aggressive star, launching an assault from the phrase go, exhibiting fast motion. Herrera tried her greatest to shift the momentum in her favour however Nikhat`s relentless assault proved too robust. Nikhat will probably be up towards the Thai boxer Chuthamat Rakshat within the quarter-finals.
“I played this boxer in the last World Championships too and had won. She was a little tougher today than last time. My weight category has changed from 52 to 50kg and my speed has increased but I still have to work on some things. I am happy that I played well today. Each player that I have played till now was tough,” Nikhat was quoted as saying in a launch by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) after the match.
Meanwhile, Nitu (48kg) and Manisha supplied hosts with an ideal begin as they recorded commanding Referee Stops Contest (RSC) wins of their respective matches.
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Nitu, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, made a cautious begin however took lower than six minutes to drive the referees to finish the competition towards Tajikistan`s Sumaiya Qosimova. Manisha and Turkey`s Nur Turhan exchanged heavy punches throughout an intense 57kg match.
However, Manisha, who gained bronze within the final version, shortly moved by the gears to take cost earlier than finishing a convincing victory in the long run. She will subsequent tackle French pugilist Amina Zidani within the quarter-finals whereas Nitu will face Japan`s Madoka Wada of Japan. Meanwhile, it was heartbreak for Shashi Chopra (63kg) who gave it her all however went down preventing 0-4 to Japan`s Mai Kito.
Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Sakshi Choudhary (52kg), Nupur Sheoran (+81kg) and Saweety Boora (81kg) are the opposite Indian boxers who’ve already secured their locations within the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals will probably be performed on Wednesday on the prestigious occasion, which is seeing participation of 324 boxers, together with a number of Olympic medallists, from 65 nations preventing for titles within the 12 weight classes.Two extra Indian pugilists–Jaismine (60kg) and Manju Bamboriya (66kg) — may also be in motion within the pre-quarterfinals afterward Tuesday night time.
In a serious upset, Venezuela`s Omailyn Alcala shocked former world champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Nesthy Petecio of Philippines with an exhilarating 4-3 victory in a hard-fought 57kg contest.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Irma Testa (57kg) had a simple outing as she continued her successful momentum with a snug 5-0 victory towards Vietnam`s Hao Nguyen Thi within the 57kg Last-16 match.
