Telangana’s Nikhat sails into National Boxing Championship final

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Nikhat Zareen (50 kg) stormed into the final of the 6th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship in Bhopal on Sunday.

The reigning World Champion comfortably won against All Iindia Police’s Shvinder Kaur 5-0 in the semifinal. Nikhat will take on Anamika for the coveted yellow metal.

Meanwhile, 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.

Manju Rani continued her great form and showed great composure against Madhya Pradesh’s Anjali Sharma in a one-sided bout. Manju played from long range and convincingly won the bout 5-0. She will take on S Kalaivani of Tamil Nadu in the final on Monday.