Manish Kaushik, Rohit Tokas and Sachin got off to flying start at the 6th Elite Men's National Boxing Championships in Hisar. A total of 386 boxers across 13 different weight categories are participating in the championships.
While the Assam boxer Borgohain beat Arundhati Choudhary of the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) quite comfortably by a 5-0 margin in the 75kg final, Zareen faced a stiff challenge from RSPB's Anamika in the 50kg gold medal match before the 26-year-old Telangana pugilist tilted the match
Defending Champions Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) dominated the proceedings as eight of their boxers, led by 2019 World Championships silver medallist Manju Rani (48kg) and 2017 World Youth Champion Jyoti Gulia (52kg) stormed into the finals of 6th Elite Women's National Boxing Champ
Nikhat Zareen representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya's Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, whereas Railways Sports Promotion Board's (RSPB) Manju Rani also produced an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand's Kavita comprehensively in the 48kg Last-16
While Suvidha thrashed Jharkhand's Chandu 5-0 in the 48kg contest, local boxer Patidar also looked dominant during her comfortable victory by an identical margin against Himachal Pradesh's Ritu in the 52kg bout, as per a press release from Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Telangana's Nikhat was up against LK Abinaya of Tamil Nadu in the round-of-32 bout and she did not break a sweat at all. She started fiercely and landed a lot of punches and as a result, the referee stopped the contest (RSC) in the first round
Since the inception of the Championships in 2001, the prestigious event took place twice in India previously--in 2006 and 2018, both times in New Delhi. Besides this, India has also hosted the Women's Youth World Championships in 2017 in Guwahati, as per a press release from the Boxing Feder
Ravina (63kg) was up against Megan deCler of the Netherlands in her finals bout. In spite of not getting off to the best of starts, the Indian pugilist utilized her technical ability and quick movement to mount an impressive comeback against her Dutch opponent. The fiercely contested bout fi
Chennai-born Vishwanath handed India its first gold at the prestigious championships after thrashing Ronel Suyom of Philippines without breaking a sweat in the men's 48kg final, as per a press release from Boxing Federation of India