Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen enter finals; 8 Railways boxers too win in girls’s boxing nationals

Reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain continued their superb run to progress to the finals of Women’s National Championships on Sunday.

Eight Railways boxers, together with 2019 World Championships silver medallist Manju Rani (48kg) and 2017 World Youth Champion Jyoti Gulia (52kg), additionally made it to the summit conflict.

Nikhat (50 kg), who’s representing Telangana, comfortably gained 5-0 towards AIP’s Shvinder Kaur to arrange a summit conflict with Anamika for the coveted yellow metallic.

Assam’s Lovlina (75 kg) too had a straightforward outing towards Madhya Pradesh’s Jigyasa Rajput as she dictated the phrases all through the bout and gained by unanimous choice to advance to the finals.

She will probably be up towards 2021 World Youth Champion Arundhati Choudhary of SSCB within the gold medal bout. Defending Champions Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), nevertheless, dominated the proceedings with eight of their boxers producing some sensational efficiency within the match.

Manju confirmed nice composure towards Madhya Pradesh’s Anjali Sharma in a one-sided bout. She performed from lengthy vary and convincingly gained the bout 5-0 to arrange a closing date with S Kalaivani of Tamil Nadu.

Jyoti began on the backfoot towards Uttar Pradesh’s Sonia and took a while to gauge her opponent’s technique.

However, she bounced again within the final two rounds, performed from shut distance and landed common punches to safe a 4-1 verdict in her favour.

She will sq. off towards SSCB’s Sakshi within the closing. The different 6 Railways boxers who moved into the finals are Anupama (50 kg), Shikhsa (54kg), Poonam (60 kg), Shashi (63 kg), Anupama (81 kg) and Nupur (81+kg).

Last 12 months’s World Championships bronze medallist Manisha (57 kg) and World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur (60 kg) additionally continued their good run to make it to the ultimate.

Manisha defeated RSPB’s Sonia Lather 4-1 in a detailed bout and can battle towards Vinakshi of Himachal Pradesh within the closing, whereas Simranjit bought the higher of AIP’s Kros Hmangaihsangi with a cushty 5-0 unanimous verdict. She will tackle RSPB’s Poonam within the summit conflict.

The on-going prestigious occasion has been witnessing participation of 302 boxers, competing throughout 12 weight classes. The finals will probably be performed on Monday.