Jaismine Lamboria (Twitter)
Jaismine kicked off her marketing campaign with a Referee Stopping the Contests (RSC) victory towards Nyambega Beatrice Ambros of Tanzania within the 60kg Round of 32 bout, whereas Shashi additionally put up a dominating efficiency as she outpunched Mwangi Teresiah of Kenya 5-0 within the 63kg class
India’s Jaismine Lamboria and Shashi Chopra produced power-packed performances to register spectacular wins to progress to the subsequent spherical of the Mahindra IBA Womens World Boxing Championships on Friday.
Jaismine, the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, was in her ingredient as she began her marketing campaign in fashion on the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on Friday.
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One of India’s most expert younger pugilists, Jaismine kicked off her marketing campaign with a Referee Stopping the Contests (RSC) victory towards Nyambega Beatrice Ambros of Tanzania within the 60kg Round of 32 bout. The 21-year-old boxer from Haryana began on the entrance foot together with her attacking intent and landed a flurry of punches to have her opponent on the ropes inside simply twelve seconds earlier than she was declared the winner within the first spherical.
Following one of many quickest victories of the match, Jaismine will face Samadova Mijgona of Tajikistan within the subsequent spherical.
Shashi additionally put up a dominating efficiency as she outpunched Mwangi Teresiah of Kenya 5-0 within the 63kg class. Being at her attacking finest, the Indian proved to be too sturdy for her opponent as she utilized her deft jabs and stern defence to win the bout comfortably. She will tackle the 2022 Asian Championships silver medallist Kito Mai of Japan within the Round of 16.
Meanwhile, within the 70kg class, Shruti Yadav went down preventing 0-5 towards Zhou Pan of China.
In what was an enormous upset of the day, Wen Lu Yang of China vanquished the 2016 World Champion Alessia Mesiano of Italy, who additionally gained bronze within the 2014 and 2022 editions, with a monumental victory by unanimous choice within the 60kg class. The Chinese pugilist, who just lately gained the silver medal on the 74th Strandja Memorial, showcased immense confidence and sensible approach to overpower her opponent and advance to the Round of 16.
Two Indian pugilists Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and Manju Bamboriya (66kg) will start their marketing campaign on Saturday. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Beatriz Soares of Brazil and final yr’s World Championships silver medallist Imane Khelif of Algeria may also be in motion within the 66kg class.
The ongoing occasion has 324 boxers within the fray, together with a number of Olympic medallists, from 65 international locations preventing for titles within the 12 weight classes. The match has an enormous prize pool of INR 20 crore.
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