The Women’s World Boxing Championship is currently being played in Delhi. Indian boxers are performing amazingly in this championship. Nikhat Zareen, who had earlier won gold in the World Championship for India, has also reached the final here. Apart from them, Neetu Gaghans has also confirmed her place in the finals.
India’s many medals confirmed
Defending champions Nikhat Zareen (50kg) and Neetu Ghaghans (48kg) stormed into the finals of the Women’s World Boxing Championships after emphatic victories in their final bouts, here on Thursday. While Nikhat defeated Rio Olympics bronze medalist Ingrid Valencia of Colombia 5-0, Neetu got the better of Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan 5-2.
Nikhat’s amazing work continues
Nikhat, with his quickness and tactical acumen, defeated Valencia and continued to make strides towards defending his title. Earlier, the match between Neetu and Balkibekova was similar to last year’s quarterfinal. In this, Commonwealth Games champion Neetu and Balkibekova punched each other fiercely in the first round. However, the boxer from Kazakhstan was more dominant and won the first round 3-2.
In the second round, however, Neetu came back strong and landed powerful ‘hooks’ and ‘jabs’. Both the boxers kept trying to pin each other down but Neetu was able to seal the round. The next three minutes were tense in which Neetu got the better of Balkibekova, forcing the match to be ‘reviewed’ and she was declared the winner.