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World champion Jaismine Lamboria and erstwhile World champion Nikhat Zareen shrugged disconnected the situation of opening their run precocious arsenic they won their respective semifinal bouts successful the World Boxing Cup Finals astatine the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium present connected Wednesday.
Jaismine (57kg) defeated erstwhile Asian younker golden medallist Ulzhan Sarsenbek 5-0, portion Nikhat (51kg) bushed 2022 World younker champion Gulsevar Ganieva 5-0.
Six much Indians moved into title bouts. Altogether, 15 location boxers volition beryllium seen successful enactment successful the finals connected Thursday.
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A gangly southpaw, Jaismine rapidly assessed her beardown Kazakh opponent, who closed the spread to attack, and employed her agelong scope crippled with confidence. With her fluent question astir the ring, Jaismine controlled the bout and stole points effortlessly.
Jaismine volition conscionable Taiwan’s Paris Olympics bronze medallist Wu Shih Yi successful the final.
Nikhat had a pugnacious commencement against Uzbekistan’s Gulsevar but managed a 4-1 verdict successful the opening round. The experienced Indian, who executed her combinations to people points, convinced each 5 judges amid trading of punches and a batch of clinching successful the past 2 rounds.
India's Nikhat Zareen, successful blue, and Uzbekistan's Ganieva Gulsevar during the women’s 51kg semi-final bout astatine the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025, successful Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
“My (first) bout has travel towards the end. It has ne'er happened. It wasn’t arsenic per expectations, but I americium blessed to medal (in astir 2 years),” said Nikhat, who volition look Taiwan’s Guo Yi Xuan.
Select results: Semifinals: Men: 50kg: Jadumani Singh bt Izaz Omer (Aus) 5-0; 55kg: Pawan Bartwal bt Ellis Trowbridge (Eng) 5-0; 60kg: Sachin Siwach bt Dilshod Abdumurodov (Uzb) 5-0; 70kg: Hitesh Gulia bt Mukhammad Azizbek Ismoliov (Uzb) 5-0; 75kg: Michal Jarlinski (Pol) bt Sumit Kundu 4-1; 85kg: Jasurbek Yuldoshev (Uzb) bt Jugnoo Ahlawat 5-0.
Women: 51kg: Nikhat Zareen bt Gulsevar Ganieva (Uzb) 5-0; 57kg: Jaismine Lamboria bt Ulzhan Sarsenbek (Kaz) 5-0; 65kg: Chen Nien Chin (Tpe) bt Neeraj Phogat 3-2.
