Easy wins for Lovlina, Nikhat, defending champion Sakshi crashes out

Defending champion and erstwhile World inferior and younker champion Sakshi Chaudhary suffered a daze decision to Poonam successful the lone upset of the tourney truthful far, losing 1-4 successful the 54kg quarterfinals astatine the Elite men’s and women’s nationalist boxing championships present connected Thursday.

Sakshi, among the favourites here, was wholly outplayed by her hostile who relied much connected timing and technique, dodging the blows with a beardown defence and uncovering gaps to punch through.

It was besides 1 of the fewer results that did not spell successful SSCB’s favour, the Services boxers having dominated the wide proceedings.

Most different results followed a predictable people with Nikhat Zareen won 5-0 against Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram of Manipur and Lovlina Borgohain winning by RSC successful the archetypal circular itself against Mounika Bonthu of Andhra Pradesh. Former Asian and World Championships medallist

Parveen Hooda (60kg), however, withdrew against Disha with injury.

Among men, Amit Panghal received a walkover into the semifinals, making it a three-way contention for SSCB successful the past four.

The BFI’s determination to springiness nonstop introduction to participants astatine the World Boxing Cup Finals meant the beingness of much than 1 boxer from SSCB successful astir categories crossed some genders, adding to the displeasure among different teams.

The results (quarterfinals):

Men: 50kg: Vishwanath (SSCB) bt Sagar (Har) 5-0, Ronit Raj (Jha) bt Tompok Singh (Man) 4-0, Rishi Singh (UP) bt Honey (Del) 5-0, Sanjit Singh (RSPB) bt Heli Tana (Aru) 5-0; 55kg: Pawan Bartwal (SSCB) bt Tyson (Aru) 5-0, Victor Singh (Man) bt Suraj Bhan (Raj) 5-0, Jadumani Singh (SSCB) bt Nikhil (Pun) 5-0, Amit Panghal (SSCB) bt Ganga (SPSB) w/o; 60kg: Sachin (SSCB) bt Karan (UP) 5-0, Bhupinder Singh (Pun) bt Naveen Kumar K (TN) 4-1, Raman (AIPSCB) bt Purvik (Tel) 5-0, Hussamuddin (SSCB) bt Anmol (RSPB) 4-1; 65kg: Abhinash Jamwal (HP) bt Abhishek Yadav (UP) 5-0, Rohit (Chd) bt Roopesh (MP) 5-0, Amit (RSPB) bt Pavan Kalyan (Tel) 5-0, Aditya Pratap (SSCB) bt Arth (Guj) RSC-I; 70kg: Hitesh Gulia (SSCB) bt Tejaswi (Pun) 5-0, Vivek (Raj) bt Neeraj (Nag) 5-0, Sumit (Ddn) bt Varinder (RSPB) 5-0, Deepak (SSCB) bt Aman Rathore (UP) KO-I; 75kg: Sumit (SSCB) bt Ishmeet (RSPB) 5-0, Hitesh (Del) bt Sakil (Man) 3-0, Deepak Singh (J&K) bt Praveen Kumar M (TN) 3-2, Akash (SSCB) bt Rishabh (HP) 5-0; 80kg: Ankush (SSCB) bt Nikhil (RSPB) 4-1, Kunal (AIPSCB) bt Aryan (Del) 3-2, Akshay (Chd) bt Richith R (Kar) 5-0, Malsawmtluanga (SSCB) bt Kunal (Mah) 5-0; 85kg: Jugnoo (SSCB) bt Parv (Del) 5-0, Abhimanyu (RSPB) bt Mayur (Raj) 5-0, Yash (Har) bt Vishwajeet (HP) 5-0, Lokesh (SSCB) bt Pritish Bishoni (AIPSCB) 5-0; 90kg: Naman (RSPB) bt Naveen (Har) 5-0, Bobin (HP) bt Abhinav (UP) 5-0, Kapil (Utk) bt Vicky (AIPSCB) 5-0, Harsh (Raj) bt Arshdeep (Pun) 5-0; 90+kg: Narender (SSCB) bt Vishal Gupta (UP) 5-0, Chetan (HP) bt Udeyveer Singh (Pun) 5-0, Sawan Gill (Chd) bt Abhay (AIPSCB) KO-II, Gaurav (SSCB) bt Sagar (RSPB) 3-2.

Women: 48kg: Minakshi Hooda (APSCB) bt Kashish Mehta (Pun) 5-0, Malika Mor (MP) bt Laxmi (AIPSCB) 5-0, Manju Rani (RSPB) bt Rinky Kishore (UP) 4-1; Guddi (Chd) bt Bharti (Har) 4-1; 51kg: Nikhat Zareen (Tel) bt Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram (Man) 5-0, Kusum Baghel (UP) bt Tanu (SSCB) 3-2, Jyoti (RSPB) bt Kanupriya Rathore (Raj) RSC-III, Nitu Ghanghas (Har) bt Deepa Kumari (APSCB) 5-0; 54kg: Preeti Pawar (SSCB) bt Harmeet Kaur Virk (Pun) 5-0, Aarti Dhariyal (Utk) bt Naom Chingsannuami (Miz) 3-2, Priyanka (Har) bt Khushi Jadhav (Mah) RSC-II, Poonam (RSPB) 5-0 bt Sakshi (SSCB) 4-1; 57kg: Vinka (Har) bt Ankitha Raj K (Kar) 5-0, Anjali Singh (MP) bt Trilekha Gurung (WB) 4-0, Muskan (AIPSCB) bt Vaishnavi Waghmare (Mah) 3-2, Prachi (RSPB) bt Vinakshi Dhota (HP) 5-0; 60kg: Disha Patil (Mah) bt Parveen (AIPSCB) w/o, Mahi Lama (MP) bt P.S. Girija (TN) 5-0, Ankushita Boro (Asm) bt Niharika Gonella (Tel) 5-0, Priya (RSPB) bt Nikita Chand (Utk) 5-0; 65kg: Neeraj Phogat (Har) bt Shashi Chopra (RSPB) 4-1, Pranjal Yadav (SSCB) bt Savita (Del) 5-0, Ritu (AIPSCB) bt Priyanka (Chd) 5-0, Kajal (Utk) bt Deepika (HP) 5-0; 70kg: Arundhati Choudhary (SSCB) bt Lashu Yadav (RSPB) 5-0, Sneh (Har) bt Astha Pahwa (UP) 3-2, Sneha (AIPSCB) bt Pooja Vishwakarma (Guj) 5-0, Gitimoni Gogoi (Asm) bt Ananya Chaudhary (J&K) 5-0; 75kg: Lovlina Borgohain (Asm) bt Mounika Bonthu (AP) RSC-I, Imroz Khan (UP) bt Sribhavana Manikandan (TN) 5-0, Monika (AIPSCB) bt Jigyasa Rajput (MP) 5-0, Sanamacha Chanu Thokchom (RSPB) bt Shweta (Raj) 5-0; 80kg: Pooja Rani (Har) bt Sushma (AIPSCB) 5-0, Sneha (UP) P. Anitha (TN) 5-0, Anupma (RSPB) bt Namrata Rawat (Utk) RSC-I, Naina (Har) bt Kanchan Suransa (Mah) 5-0; 80+kg: Ritika (Har) bt S. Mathamma (AIPSCB) 4-1, Alfiya Khan (RSPB) bt Shivani Tomar (Del) 5-0, Tashree Menaria (Raj) bt Vanshika Goswami (HP) 4-1, Mankirat Kaur (Pun) bt Jagruti (Mah) 4-1.