Telangana
pugilist,
Nikhat,
was
up
against
LK
Abinaya
of
Tamil
Nadu
in
the
round-of-32
bout
and
she
didn’t
break
a
sweat
at
all.
She
started
fiercely
and
landed
a
lot
of
punches
and
as
a
result,
the
referee
stopped
the
contest
(RSC)
in
the
first
round.
Nikhat
will
now
face
Meghalaya’s
Eva
Marbaniang
in
the
pre-quarterfinal
on
Thursday
(December
22).
Simranjit
outpunches
her
opponent
Simranjit,
who
is
representing
Punjab,
was
at
her
usual
attacking
best
against
Nilzaya
Angmo
of
Ladakh
in
the
round-of-32
bout.
Nilzaya
tried
her
best
to
evade
her
opponent’s
heavy
blows
but
couldn’t
succeed.
Towards
the
end
of
the
first
round,
the
referee
stopped
the
contest
and
Simran
moved
to
the
next
round.
She
will
square
off
against
Pooja
Behra
of
Jharkhand
in
the
pre-quarterfinal.
2019
World
Championships
silver
medallist
Manju
Rani
(48
kg)
blanked
Priyanka
Shirsale
of
Maharashtra
in
a
one-sided
affair.
Manju
who
is
playing
for
the
Railways’ team
was
on
the
front
foot
throughout
the
three
rounds
and
consistently
picked
punches
en
route
to
her
victory.
She
will
face
Uttarakhand’s
Kavita
in
the
round-of-16
bout.
Winning
start
for
Saweety
2022
Asian
Championships
gold
medallist
Saweety
Bora
(81kg)
of
Haryana
defeated
Marthamaa
Sattivada
of
Andhra
Pradesh
5-0.
She
will
be
up
against
Chandan
Choudhary
of
Rajasthan
in
the
pre-quarterfinal
tomorrow.
Lovlina
to
be
in
action
on
December
23
Tokyo
Olympics
bronze
medallist
Lovlina
Borgohain
(75kg),
who
is
representing
Assam
got
a
bye
in
the
first
round.
She
will
face
Puja
Nayak
of
Orissa
in
the
round-of-16
bout
on
Friday.
A
total
of
302
boxers
across
12
different
weight
categories
are
participating
in
the
championships.
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