India's excellent performance continues in the World Boxing Cup!!
World Boxing Cup: The indian boxing team in kazakhstan has now secured 11 podium places, including six gold medal matches on Sunday. Indian boxers continued their excellent performance in the World Boxing Cup. Meenakshi, sakshi, pooja Rani, hitesh Gulia, and Jugnu registered brilliant victories on saturday and entered the finals of their weight categories in the World Boxing Cup. The indian boxing team in kazakhstan has now secured 11 podium places, including six gold medal matches on Sunday.
Abhinash Jamwal (men's 65 kg) will play the semi-finals today, which will put india in the race for another gold medal. Meenakshi started India's victory by defeating Turkey's Nurslen Yalgetkin 5-0 in the 48 kg semi-finals. After this, sakshi dominated Feruza Kazakova of uzbekistan and reached the final of the 54 kg weight category with a win by the same margin. Olympian pooja rani entered the final with a 3-2 verdict in the 80kg category, beating Turkey's Elif Guneri.
This is the first time that women boxers are participating in the World Boxing Cup. brazil stage gold medallist hitesh Gulia looked in trouble after the first round against France's Makan Traore in the men's 70kg category. But the 20-year-old boxer landed some powerful punches in the second round and reduced the gap. He performed brilliantly in the third and final round to make it to the final. Jugnoo (men's 85kg) then defeated England's Tegan Scott 5-0.