Former Junior World Boxing Champion Nikhat Zareen on Friday bagged an enthralling victory over Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist Busenaz Cakiroglu on the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Indian pugilist claimed a 4-1 cut up determination win over the Turkish boxer within the 51kg class semifinal match of the match.
This is Nikhat’s first win in opposition to Turkey’s Busenaz, who had defeated Mary Kom within the 51kg semifinal bout on the 2019 World Women’s Boxing Championships, on her solution to the World Championships silver medal. Nikhat had met Busenaz earlier than on the Bosphorus Boxing Tournament semifinal in 2021 the place the Turkish boxer had picked up the win.
But Nikhat managed to avenge her defeat on Friday in Sofia. The two boxers engaged in an intensely-fought contest the place the Turkish boxer took cost firstly. Nikhat held her nerves and landed heavy blows on her opponent from an in depth distance. The nail-biting encounter noticed the Telangana athlete get again with a number of mixture assaults as she evaded her opponent’s jabs with fast defensive maneuvers.
“It is a giant second in my profession, selecting up a win over the Tokyo Olympics and World Championships silver medalist. I had studied my final struggle in opposition to her and I realized from my errors. I overcame them immediately and picked up the win,” Nikhat mentioned.
Nikhat will now struggle within the ultimate at Europe’s oldest worldwide boxing match on Sunday and can look to win her second Strandja Memorial Boxing gold. She had beforehand received the gold medal within the 2019 version of the match.
“I need to thank my coaches and my coaching employees for his or her rigorous work with me. I used to be capable of get out of thick spots in the course of the struggle due to what I realized on the coaching periods. Now, I’ll shift my deal with the gold-medal match on Sunday,” she added.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
