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Glove girls for the future of Indian boxing | Boxing News – Times of India

Young boxers Payal, Nisha and Akansha put up dominating performances to emerge champions at the 2023 IBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia as India concluded their impressive campaign with 17 medals. Payalhanded India its first gold at the meet when she outclassed local favourite Petrosyan Heghine by a unanimous decision in the girls 48kg final.Later, Asian youth champions Nisha and Akansha lived up to the expectations to clinch gold medals in style. Nisha (52kg) and Akansha (70kg) overwhelmed Abdullaoeva Farinoz of Tajikistan and Taimazova Elizaveta of Russia respectively with an identical 5-0 margin. India was the dominant force in the prestigious competition as the 26-member squad secured 17 medals including three gold, nine silver and five bronze medals. Overall,...
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Neeraj Chopra-inspired Kishore Jena looking at Asian Games after Worlds high | More sports News – Times of India

Kishore Kumar Jena's mercurial rise in the world of javelin continued as he finished fifth in the Athletics World Championships final in Budapest on Sunday night.Not intimidated by the big stage or the big names, the diminutive Odisha athlete put up a show to remember with a personal best throw of 84.77m on a night when for the time in history three Indians competed together in the final of a single event of the world athletics meet.Taking inspiration from Neeraj Chopra, who gave him confidence between the throws, Jena kept going the distance with every throw. "We kept talking in between the throws. After I came back from one of the throws, he just told me, 'Don't worry too much, it will be better the next time'," said Jena from the airport in Munich on Monday.While Jena was more than h...
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Reigning champ Nikhat Zareen unseeded for Worlds | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Strange are the ways of the International Boxing Association (IBA). On the eve of the start of the women's World Championships here - which India will be hosting for a record third time - it was learnt that the country's reigning flyweight world champion, Nikhat Zareen, has been offered no seeding for the event. Curiously enough, she has been drawn in the same half of the draw which features Algerian top seed, Roumaysa Boualam - the reigning African and Mediterranean champion. This means if Nikhat, who will be competing in her newly-acquired Olympic weight class of 50kg at the Worlds, manages to get past Azerbaijan's Anakhanim Ismayilova in her opening round (Round of 64) on Thursday, she will run into Boualam in the second round - a scenario which ideally should have occurre...
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Nikhat Zareen relishes pressure of defending world title at home | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India’s flyweight world champion, Nikhat Zareen, says she will be under no pressure playing in front of her home crowd at the upcoming IBA women’s World Championships, scheduled to be held here from March 15 to 26.In fact, she is confident about defending her World Championships crown in her newly-acquired Olympic weight class of 50kg, following the rejigging of divisions by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for the Paris Games 2024. Nikhat had won the world title in a non-Olympic weight category of 52kg last year in Istanbul, Turkey.“Had the championships been organised outside India, I would have been under pressure. But since India is hosting the event, I would say I am more confident than ever about defending my title. Playing in front of your home crowd has its ...