Star pugilists Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) and Saweety Boora clinched the first and second gold for India as she became the World Championships. Whil Nitu defeated Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altansetseg at the marquee tournament on Saturday. Saweety punched out Wang Lina of China. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu has become the sixth Indian boxer to be crowned world champion followed by Saweety to be the seventh in the list.
Nitu put up a brilliant performance out-punch Altansetseg 5-0 and claim the title for the minimum weight category in front of a packed crowd. Nitu started off aggressively and used her combination of punches to register her win. She had defeated Asian champion Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan with a 5-2 victory to make it to the final clash. On the other hand, Saweety registered a 4-3 win.
Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006), Lekha KC (2006), and Nikhat Zareen (2022) are the other pugilists who have won the world title.
Along with Nitu, Saweety, two other star pugilists from India have also made it to the final of the event.
Competing in a new weight category, Nikhat Zareen (50kg) defeated Rio Olympics bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia of Colombia 5-0, and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) progressed to the final clash with a 4-1 win over Li Qian of China.
Nikhat will face the two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam in the final. Lovlina will face Australia's Caitlin Parker in the final on Sunday.
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