World Boxing Championships 2025: Lakshya Chahar dominates Iashaish to reach pre-quarters

Liverpool [UK], September 7 (ANI): India's Lakshya Chahar came up with a clinical performance to blank Hussein Iashaish of Jordan to reach the round of the 16 in the men's 80kg category at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Sunday, as per a release from BFI.
Lakshya began the bout aggressively but the Jordanian managed to close the gap in the second round. However, the Indian stepped up in the third round to complete a dominant 5:0 win.
Earlier, Pawan Bartwal's campaign in the men's 55kg event came to an end when he went down 0:5 against Mirzakhalolov Mirazizbek Uzebekistan.
India has fielded a 20-member contingent at the inaugural World Championships being held under the aegis of the World Boxing - a recently formed international governing body for boxing.
Three more boxers will be in action in the evening session on Sunday with Jaismine (women's 57kg) facing Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu of Brazil, Sanamacha Chanu (women's 70kg) taking on Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan and Abhinash Jamwal (men's 65kg) will fight Hugo Barron of Mexico.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain went down 0:5 against Busra Isildar of Turkey in the second round of the women's 75kg category, while Hitesh Gulia's spirited fight was not enough to avoid a 1:4 loss against Finn Robert Bos of the Netherlands in the men's 70kg bout at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Saturday.
India has fielded a 20-member contingent at the inaugural World Championships being held under the aegis of the World Boxing Council, a recently formed international governing body for boxing, and has made a strong start to their campaign, according to a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
On the other hand, India's star boxer Nikhat Zareen announced her return on the international stage with a clinical win in the opening round of the women's 51kg weight category at the competition.
The 29-year-old, who was crowned world champion twice before, had not competed in any international event this year, but did not show any signs of rustiness as she dominated the USA's Jennifer Lozano from the first minute to get a 5-0 verdict. (ANI)