In the World Boxing Cup final, Indian boxers Arundhati Choudhary, Preeti Pawar, Minakshi Hooda and Nupur Sheoran delivered a golden sweep in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh today, marking a historic achievement for the country.
In the 70-kilogram category, Arundhati Choudhary defeated Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova with a clean 5-0 verdict in the final. Preeti Pawar also delivered clean sweep in the 54-kilogram event, beating Italy’s Sirine Charaabi 5-0. The gold rush continued for India as in the 48-kilogram division, Minakshi Hooda put up a commanding performance to beat Uzbekistan’s Fozilova Farzona, again with a flawless 5-0 scoreline.
Nupur Sheoran struck the fourth gold with victory in the 80-plus-kilogram category. She overcame Uzbekistan’s Oltinoy Sotimboeva.
Indian Men boxers secured four silvers as they lost their final bouts today. In the 80-kilogram final, Ankush Panghal was overpowered by England’s Oladimeji Shittu. In the 65-kilogram division, Abhinash Jamwal lost his well fought bout to Japan’s Shion Nishiyama. In the 55-kilogram category, Pawan Bartwal put up a strong challenge before going down to Uzbekistan’s Samandar Olimov in the final. And in the 50-kilogram category, after three intense rounds of boxing, Jadumani Singh lost to to Uzbekistan’s Asilbek Jalilov.
