Women’s World Boxing C’ships: Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Areen, Saweety Boora assure medals for India

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu Ghanghas, Asian Champion Saweety Boora and reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen stormed into the semifinals to assure India’s of atleast three medals at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023 on Wednesday at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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Heart in the mouth moment there before Nikhat's hand was raised. But damn, I loved how gracious the Thai boxer Chuthamat Raksat was despite the confusion. ❤️

In general, looks like a lot of mutual respect between Nikhat and her opponents. pic.twitter.com/xEh42IzjmT— Samreen (@SamreenRazz) March 22, 2023

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A nervy wait for Nikhat Zareen before relief and joy...

Back-to-back medals at the World Championships for Nikhat, can she go all the way again?

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Nitu continued her dominant streak and registered yet another win by Referee Stops Contest, this time against Madoka Wada of Japan in the 48kg category.

India were assured of their second medal after Saweety defeated Viktoriya Kebikava by a 5:0 Unanimous Decision to qualify for the 81kg semifinal.

Nikhat Zareen was assured of back-to-back World Championships medals after a thrilling bout against Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat in the 50kg quarterfinal. Ultimately, the Nizamabad boxer won with a 5-2 split decision after the bout was reviewed.

Earlier, however,...

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