Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) and Sweety Boora (81kg) superior to the finals of the Women’s World Boxing Championships with spectacular semi-final victories, right here on Thursday.
While Nikhat thrashed Rio Olympic bronze medalist Ingrid Valencia of Colombia 5-0, two-time world bronze medalist Lovlina defeated China’s Li Qian 4-1 to make her maiden look within the ultimate of the distinguished event. Entered.
Sweety additionally entered the title match after defeating Australia’s Sue-Ema Greentree 4-3.
The defending 52kg champion Nikhat, who’s competing within the 50kg class, stored her title protection alive, utilizing her velocity and tactical abilities to defeat Valencia.
Fighting a robust opponent who defeated the good Mary Kom on the Tokyo Olympics, Nikhat ready nicely and bought her technique proper.
Nikhat attacked within the first two rounds and after dominating the primary six minutes, he began defending.
The unanimous resolution win is testimony to Nikhat’s ability and bodily health because the Telangana boxer confronted 5 bouts, together with three straight bouts, to succeed in the ultimate.
“Today’s bout was my best. I feel I play better when I face technical boxers. I have played him before and he is an experienced boxer. It was a fair game,” mentioned Nikhat.
Two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam now stands in entrance of Nikhat and her second world gold.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
