Guwahati, April 13: The Assam Olympic Association (AOA), the apex body of sports in the state, felicitated boxing sensation Lovlina Borgohain, who recently won the IBA World Boxing Championship; Nayanmoni Saikia, who won the Gold at the Commonwealth Games; and Hemanta Kalita, Secretary General of Boxing Federation of India at a gala ceremony in Guwahati on Thursday.
The reigning World champion Nikhat (50kg) defeated Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam to win gold for a second consecutive year at the tournament while the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina (75kg) claimed her maiden Worlds gold with a 5-2 win on points after the bout was reviewed against Caitlin Parker of Australia.Alon
New Delhi, March 23: Prominent Indian pugilists Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora produced powerful performances to reach the finals of the IBA Women s World Boxing Championship as the hosts dominated proceedings at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Thursday.
While the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu (48kg) defeated Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg of Mongolia with a 5-0 scoreline to clinch her first World Championships medal, three-time Asian medallist Saweety (81kg) had to grind hard to secure a 4-3 win on points after the bout was reviewed against Wang Lina of China to clinch her second Worlds medal.Main