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Ahead of a engaged 2026 calendar, studded with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Indian boxers volition look to accumulate invaluable ranking points arsenic the World Boxing Cup Finals (WBCF) begins astatine the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium present connected Sunday with a depleted tract owed to last-minute pull-outs.
Points gathered astatine the year-ending lawsuit volition assistance the boxers, who volition transportation 75% of this year’s accumulation to 2026, amended their rankings and get amended seeding successful competitions. A golden victor volition summation 300 points, a metallic medallist 200 and a bronze medallist 150 points.
Nevertheless, the WBCF volition diagnostic apical names, including World champions Agata Kaczmarska (80kg) of Poland and Huang Hsiao Wen (54kg) and Paris Olympics medallist Wu Shih-yi of Taiwan and Italy’s World Boxing Cup golden medallist Attrattivo Salvatore, successful a tract of 120-plus boxers from 17 countries.
Featuring World champions Minakshi Hooda (48kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), erstwhile World champions Nikhat Zareen (51kg) and Saweety Boora (75kg), existent metallic medallist Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) and bronze medallist Pooja Rani (80kg), India has selected a beardown women’s team.
Eight Indian women – including Pooja (who entered the last with a bye) and Parveen Hooda (who is making a comeback successful 60kg aft serving a suspension for a whereabouts failure) – are starting from medal rounds. Minakshi (48kg) and Preeti Pawar (54kg) statesman their run from quarterfinals.
“After the 2023 World championships, I privation to marque my archetypal location planetary tourney memorable,” said Nikhat.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain opted to skip the lawsuit to support her chemoreceptor pursuing immoderate treatment.
Among men, Sachin Siwach (60kg), Abinash Jamwal (65kg) and Jugnoo (85kg) person been assured of medals arsenic they statesman from the semifinals. Working connected his question and jabs, Asian Games medallist Narender Berwal (90+kg) would similar to trial himself.
