World Boxing Championships

Indian women athletes make India proud in IBA World Boxing Championship and bagged four gold medals, Saweety Boora, Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen, and Lovlina Borgohain won medals

Ravina emerged victorious in her finals bout and added another gold to India's total medal tally of 11 at the IBA Youth Men's and Women's World Boxing Championships 2022 in La Nucia, Spain

Youth Asian champions Muskan, Tamanna and two other Indian pugilists posted dominating victories to reach the semi-final at the International Boxing Association (IBA)

Nikhat clinched the coveted gold in flyweight (52kg) division, Manisha and debutant Parveen earned podium finishes in the 57kg and 63kg categories respectively.

Zareen brought home the gold medal four years after Mary Kom had won the last title in 2018

Weeks before she went to Turkey and brought home a gold, Zareen spoke with Vaibhav Raghunandan

The Hyderabad-based Zareen, who is a multiple-time national medallist, had won a gold medal at the Strandja Memorial's 2019 edition as well

While Nikhat defeated England's Charley Davision 5-0, Nitu pulled off an equally impressive victory by a similar margin against Italy's Roberta Bonatti

Kumar signed off with a bronze medal after being bested by Makhmud Sabyrkhan

Akash will be up against 19-year-old Makhmud Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan, a three-time Asian gold-medallist at the youth level

The two exchanged blows but also smiled frequently at each other, fighting at a languid but engaging pace

Nishant will next fight Mauritian Merven Clair, who got a bye in the first round, and his victory maintained the unbeaten run of the country's pugilists at the ongoing showpiece.

In a major milestone, the WBC has endorsed the Indian Championship fight between the country's two top women boxers -- Chandni Mehra and Suman Kumari -- which will take place in Jalandhar, Punjab

The tournament has now been awarded to Belgrade, Serbia and AIBA Interim President Mohamed Moustahsane said that it will hold the World Championships after the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year

The 23-year-old Panghal fetched India its first ever silver at the men's world championships, making him the undisputed name in men's boxing

Sixth-seeded Rani defeated Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 4-1 in her semifinal bout

Before this year, India had never won more than one bronze medal at a single edition of the world championship

Nationals are set to witness a top billing with World Championship silver and bronze medallists boxers

This is the first time that India has been awarded the right to host the men's event