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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...
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Strandja Memorial Boxing: Anamika, Aupama, Govind sign off with silver medals | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India boxer Anamika suffered a 1-4 loss in the 50kg light weight final to settle for a silver at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia on Sunday. Anamika went down against China's Hu Meiyi in a split verdict decision. Anupama also went down in the 81kg final, beaten by a technically superior Australian Emma Sue Greentree by a 0-5 unanimous verdict.In the men's 48kg final, Govind Sahani also lost to Shodiyorjon Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in a bout which went went down to the wire, finishing with a silver. Anamika, the reigning national champion, began aggressively but Meiyi defended well, moving around the ring to take the first round by an unanimous verdict.The two boxers resorted to a lot of body-clinching in the second round as Anamika started to find her footing.In the f...