Nikhat, Jadumani, Pawan, Minakshi & Lovlina brook no challenge, reach finals

Boxing World Cup Finals silver medallist Jadumani Singh dominated 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Amit Panghal in the semifinals of the men’s 50-55kg category to set up a mouth-watering summit clash against Pawan Bartwal in the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with easy wins at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida on Friday.

In the semifinals, Jadumani registered a dominant 5:0 win over Amit while Pawan scored an identical win over Victor Singh of Manipur.

Meanwhile, world champion Minakshi (women’s 45-48kg) of All India Police defeated Madhya Pradesh’s Malika Mor 5:0 while Nikhat (48-51kg) won her semifinal with a 4:1 split decision against UP’s Kusum Baghel.

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain also advanced to the final of the women’s 70-75kg category, beating Imroz Khan of Uttar Pradesh 5:0 while Preeti (51-54kg) out classed Uttarakhand’s Aarti Dhariyal 5:0 to reach the final.
In the men’s section, Sachin (55-60kg) defeated Punjab’s Bhupinder Singh while Rajashthan’s Vivek was no match to Hitesh Gulia (65-70kg).

Also, advancing to the finals of their respective categories were Abhinash Jamwal (60-65kg), Sumit (70-75kg) and Narender (90+kg).