Golden Punch: Wishes pour in for Nikhat Zareen after historic gold medal in Women’s Boxing Championships

25-year-old Nikhat Zareen on Thursday, 19 May received a historic gold medal within the IBA Women’s boxing championships by outclassing Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong by a unanimous determination.

Zareen, who has regarded surefooted within the competitors all through, began her bout aggressively throwing mixtures. After taking an early lead within the first spherical, Zareen saved at it, dominating her opponent within the second spherical as properly. It was the early minutes of the ultimate spherical when Jitpong determined to let it free, pushing Zareen on the backfoot. However, the Indian boxer would have none of it and dominated the ultimate seconds of the spherical to win a unanimous victory.

Wishes poured throughout for Zareen on her large win, India’s fifth within the competitors, the place many hailed her for taking on from Mary Kom. Social media customers talked about that Mary Kom had dominated the Indian girls’s boxing scene for a decade, profitable many accolades and so they felt proud that Zareen had taken her legacy ahead.

Zareen on the day confirmed her class with fast punches and the power to counter again at a time when she was pushed again. She has been a extremely talked about prospect in India and narrowly misplaced her spot within the final Olympics after dropping a bout to the legendary Mary Kom. Loads if anticipated from her within the close to future and this win solely cements that perception that she’s going to take over the ladies’s boxing baton from the senior professional.

GOLDEN PUNCH ! #NikhatZareen wins gold on the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships; Becomes the one fifth Indian girl boxer to win a Gold medal at World Championships. pic.twitter.com/ns2GFw6Du9

— Dr. Rutvij Patel (@DrRutvij) May 19, 2022

Not that lengthy again @nikhat_zareen was clueless about how her profession would pan out.

From dropping out to Mary Kom within the combat for an Olympic spot, to pandemic & all that adopted. The Nizamabad boxer was questioning what’s subsequent!

Guess what, WORLD CHAMP is subsequent! #IBAWWC2022 pic.twitter.com/j8pdK3PMmw

— Naveen Peter (@peterspeaking) May 19, 2022

BOOM. @nikhat_zareen #worldboxingchampionship pic.twitter.com/sTOUeE5SKA

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) May 19, 2022

Congratulations @nikhat_zareen on turning into the one fifth Indian girl boxer to win GOLD MEDAL at World Championship!

She received the very prestigious World Championship GOLD at Istanbul in Turkey.
We are extraordinarily happy with your big achievement for India pic.twitter.com/qVFp2NkZbM

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 19, 2022

The new golden lady of Indian boxing. Congrats to World Champion #NikhatZareen . You make us so proud. @nikhat_zareen #womanpower https://t.co/06vLEijGMP

— Kasturi Shankar (@KasthuriShankar) May 19, 2022

We have a brand new World Champion! Heartiest congratulations @nikhat_zareen on profitable the Gold medal on the Women’s World Boxing Championships.

India is happy with you pic.twitter.com/Okri2vc5gL

— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) May 19, 2022