India’s Nikhat Zareen created history, reached the final of the World Boxing Championship
Great news has come for India from the World Boxing Championship. Indian women’s boxer Nikhat Zareen has made it to the final of the tournament. Nikhat defeated Caroline de Almeida of Brazil in the semi-finals held in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Former Junior World Champion Nikhat Zareen played brilliantly in the match and won the match 5-0. 52 kg. Nikhat Zareen, who plays in the category, now has a chance to win the World Boxing Championship and make India proud.
𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝙍𝙐𝙉 ! 🤩
— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) May 18, 2022
🇮🇳’s @nikhat_zareen becomes first 🇮🇳 boxer to cement her place in the 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 of #IBAWWC2022 as she displayed her lethal form🔥 to eke out 🇧🇷’s Caroline in the semifinals! 🦾🌟
Go for the GOLD! 👊#PunchMeinHaiDum #stanbulBoxing#boxing pic.twitter.com/PDrq9x9qbh
Boxing legend MC. Mary Kom has been a world champion 6 times. Apart from her, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha have this title. Now Nikhat Zareen has a chance to include her name in this list.
If we talk about this tournament, then in the year 2006, India did its best in it. When Team India won a total of 8 medals, including four gold medals won in different categories.
If we talk about other matches, then India’s Manisha Maun has lost her semi-final match in the 57 kg category. While Praveen Hooda also lost her match in the 63 kg category.