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The country’s women boxers, including World champions Minakshi Hooda and Jaismine Lamboria and erstwhile World champion Nikhat Zareen, led the mode successful an unprecedented golden feast arsenic India finished its World Boxing Cup Finals run connected a precocious astatine the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor Stadium present connected Thursday.
The Indians won medals successful each 20 value categories, including 9 gold, six metallic and 5 bronze. Seven women and 2 men from the big cornered aureate glory.
Minakshi (48kg) gave different commanding show to tame three-time Asian under-22 champion Farzona Fozilova 5-0 and acceptable the tone. Relying connected her beauteous ringing coverage, she consistently landed combinations to triumph convincingly.
Minakshi lands a punch connected Fozilov successful the 48kg final. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
In a duel betwixt 2 counter-punchers, Nikhat (51kg) posted a commanding 5-0 triumph implicit Worlds quarterfinalist Guo Yi Xuan. The Indian boxed from a agelong scope to support her hostile nether control.
“I americium delighted to triumph successful beforehand of the location assemblage aft 2 years,” said Nikhat aft winning her archetypal golden medal since the Elorda Cup successful May past year.
Jaismine (57kg) managed a 4-1 triumph implicit Paris Olympics bronze medallist Wu Shih Yi. The Taiwan boxer connected cleaner shots than Jaismine, but the Indian scraped done to the title.
Young Olympian Preeti Pawar’s gutsy amusement helped her grounds a 5-0 daze triumph implicit Worlds medallist Sirine Charaabi successful the 54kg final. The southpaw’s relentless assemblage and caput shots kept the taller Italian connected the backmost foot. Sirine clapped to compliment Preeti, who caused 2 upset wins successful a row.
Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) recorded a hard-fought 5-0 implicit Worlds bronze medallist Aziza Zokirova. In a conflict betwixt 2 southpaws, Arundhati claimed the archetypal circular with her question and cleanable blows. The Uzbek fought back, but was disappointed to spot her close punching and domination successful the past 2 rounds spell unrewarded.
Nupur’s 3-2 triumph implicit Oltinoy Sotimboeva successful a messy 80+kg last bout seemed alternatively contrived. The Indian erupted successful joyousness portion the Uzbek near the ringing teary-eyed aft the announcement of the result.
Former World younker champion Sachin Siwach (60kg) claimed a important rubric arsenic helium stunned Worlds and Olympic medallist Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu 5-0. The southpaw threw cleanable punches and banked connected his footwork and attacking crippled to get the amended of a beardown opponent.
Hitesh (70kg) managed a pugnacious 3-2 triumph implicit Nurbek Mursal to instrumentality different gold.
The results: Finals: Men: 50kg: Asiibek Jalilov bt Jadumani Singh 4-1; 55kg: Samandar Olimov (Uzb) bt Pawan Bartwal 5-0; 60kg: Sachin Siwach bt Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu 5-0; 65kg: Nishimaya Shion (Jpn) bt Abhinash Jamwal 4-1; 70kg: Hitesh Gulia bt Nurbek Mursal (Kaz) 3-2; 75kg: Javokhir Abdurakhimov (Uzb) bt Michal Jarlinski (Pol) 4-1; 80kg: Shitu Oladimeji (Eng) bt Ankush Panghal 5-0; 85kg: Sultanbek Aibaruly (Kaz) bt Jasurbek Yuldoshev (Uzb) 4-1; 90kg: Isaac Okoh (Eng) bt Nusratbek Tokhirov (Uzb) 3-0; 90+kg: Khalimjon Mamsoliev (Uzb) bt Narender Berwal 5-0.
Women: 48kg: Minakshi Hooda bt Farzona Fozilova (Uzb) 5-0; 51kg: Nikhat Zareen bt Guo Yi Xuan 5-0; 54kg: Preeti Pawar bt Sirine Charrabi (Ita) 5-0; 57kg: Jaismine Lamboria bt Wu Shih Yi (Tpe) 4-1; 60kg: Parveen Hooda bt Ayaka Taguchi (Jpn) 3-2; 65kg: Chen Nien Chin (Tpe) bt Dione Burman (Eng) 4-1; 70kg: Arundhati Choudhary bt Aziza Zokirova (Uzb) 5-0; 75kg: Emma Sue Greentree (Aus) bt Melissa Gemini (Ita) 5-0; 80kg: Agata Kaczmarska (Pol) bt Pooja Rani 3-0; 80+kg: Nupur Sheoran bt Oltinoy Sotimboeva (Uzb) 3-2.
