Strandja Memorial boxing: Nikhat Zareen goes down in close bout; Amit Panghal, Sachin clinch gold
For a brief moment at the end of the women’s 50kg final, there was confusion. The announcer read out that the boxer in blue had won, but the referee lifted the arm of the boxer in red. But Nikhat Zareen knew by then that it wasn’t her day. She had a wry smile as the referee quickly changed the decision to point to the right winner ass per the judges.
It was a silver for the two-time world champion at the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Sunday as Nikhat (50kg) went down 2-3 against Uzbekistan’s Sabina Bobokulova. On another day, the decision to raise Nikhat’s hand could well have been the right one because there wasn’t much to choose between the two.
Halfway into the opening round, Bobokulova threw both her arms up in the air as if celebrating a good punch on the...