Women's World Boxing: Nikhat, Parveen, Anamika, Jaismine storm into quarters

Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen 52kg Parveen 63kg Anamika 50kg and Jaismine 60kg eased past their respective rivals to storm into the quarterfinals at the IBA 12th Womens World Boxing Championships on SundayAppearing in the ring as the first Indian Nikhat made light work of her Mongolian rival Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg and won by a unanimous 50 verdict to sail into the quarterfinals of the 52kg categoryLater Parveen and Anamika defeated Sofia Jajaria Gonzalez of the USA and Australian Kristy Lee Harris by identical 50 margins to book their lasteight berths Jaismine 60kg moved into the lasteight stage after defeating Australias Angela Harris by RSCNikhat the boxer from Nizamabad in Telangana used her quick hands to great effect and landed a flurry of straight punches on her rivals face in all three rounds The highlight of Nikhats display was her immaculate footwork and speed which the Mongolian found difficult to handleNikhat will next face Englands Charley Davison who defeated Hainite Kayla of Togo in the Round of 16The third Indian to appear in the ring Parveen played a smart game throughout the nineminute bout The lanky Indian preferred to stay back and play the waiting game Her strategy succeeded as she used her long reach to great effect to land straight punches from distance on the American whenever she got the openingShe continued with the same tactic in all the three rounds and managed to easily pocket the bout by a unanimous decisionParveen will next face Shoira Zulkaynarova of Tajikistan in the quarterfinalBut the highlight of the day was the pocketsized dynamo Anamika who stunned World Championships bronze medallist Harris of Australia and won by 50Anamika countered her short height with aggressive intent as she rattled her opponent in the opening round with a combination of right and left Her quick hands and nimble footwork proved to be too good for the Australian who struggled to land clearcut punches She will next face Rio Olympic bronze medallist Ingrit Valencia in the quarterfinal on MondayThere was some disappointment too for India as Shiksha 54kg couldnt move to the next round losing 23 by a split decision to Youth Asian bronze medallist Yesugen Oyuntsetseg of MongoliaA slow and defensive start cost Shiksha dearly in her 54kg bout as she took time to get into the groove in the first round which the Mongolian won hands down But Shiksha came back strongly in the second round and adopted a more aggressive approach which paid rich dividends for her as she won the roundBut the Indian couldnt hold on to her tempo in the final round as Oyuntsetseg waited for openings to land her punches and succeed in her ploy to pocket the close contestFour Indian boxers have already qualified for the quarterfinals The 2022 Strandja Memorial gold medallist Nitu 48kg will take on Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan in the last8 match while Manisha 57kg will face a tough challenge from Youth World bronze medallist Namuun Monkhor of MongoliaTokyo Olympian and twotime Asian Champion Pooja Rani 75kg will fight against Australias Jessica Bagley in her lasteight bout while Nandini 81kg will begin her campaign against Moroccos Khadija Mardi in the quarterfinalsAll the quarterfinals will take place on Monday This years event which marks the 20th anniversary of the IBA Womens World Championships will be played till May 20 In the last edition of the tournament held in Russia in 2019 Indian boxers secured one silver and three bronze medalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever