Last Updated: March 20, 2023, 17:09 IST
Indian boxer Sakshi on the Women’s World Championships (BFI)
Sakshi superior to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Championship with Preeti and Lovlina Borgohain additionally in motion
Indian boxer Sakshi (52kg) notched a 5-0 unanimous choice win towards Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Championship on Monday.
The dynamic 23-year-old pugilist from Haryana hardly put a foot mistaken in her commanding 5-0 win towards the 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan in the Last-16 contest. Utilising her attain to land relentless punches with each arms, Sakshi regarded to be in full management from the phrase go and prevailed in the primary spherical. The two-time World Youth champion continued to dominate her Kazakh opponent in the following two rounds along with her fast motion and good attacking technique to seal the victory comfortably by unanimous choice.
Sakshi, the 2021 Asian Championship bronze medallist, utilised her top and lengthy attain to her benefit. She would punch Urakbayeva and step again rapidly, not letting her opponent counter assault.
“The boxer from Kazakistan (Urakbayeva) was robust, so I assumed that the combat scores might go up or down however after following the technique of the coaches and BFI, I may play nicely and may additional dominate the bout to win by 5-0. Moreover, the folks that have come to cheer additional motivated me to win. As it was my first time taking part in along with her, me and my coach made our technique by watching and analyzing the 7-8 movies of her earlier tournaments. My confidence is rising because the bouts progress so via the vigor and the fervour that I at present possess, I’m positively targeted on clinching the gold,” Sakshi stated after the match.
The Indian will now square off against Wu Yu of China in the quarter-finals.
Later in the day, Preeti (54kg) will face Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in a round of 16 bout while Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will open her campaign against Vanessa Ortiz of Mexico in the 75kg pre-quarterfinals.
Six Indians, including the reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Nitu Ghanghas (48kg), Manisha Moun (57kg), Jaismine Lamboriya (60kg), Shashi Chopra (63kg) and Manju Bamboriya (66kg), will compete in the pre-quarterfinals on Tuesday.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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