The Double Champion Nikhat Zreen survived a bold test to get around Japan Yuna Nishinaka and advance to the quarterfinals of the World Box Championship on Tuesday.
Nikhat, who was in the draw, overcame, overcame the harsh female 51 kg round 16 competition to ensure unanimous decisions, although the score did not reflect the harsh resistance of her 21 -year -old opponent.
Nishinaka suffered from the Indian constant clinus and was anchored two points for excessive possession.
Both boxers started aggressively and climbed forward with intent. Nikhat landed several early hooks, but the bike was fragmented with repeated tangles and a Japanese warrior on the cards 3-2.
In the second, Nikhat adjusted, landed clearer shots, while Nishinaka continued to bind her by hanging his hand around the Indian neck. The 29-year-old man responded with sharper shelves and took the 4-1 bike.
The formula continued in the last three minutes, while the referee again penalized Nishinaka for the persistent clining. Nikhat did enough to gain its advantage, and crush victory to stay on the third World Championship medal.
Nikhat is now facing his toughest challenge, but in the quarterfinals against the double Olympic silver medalist and the 2022 World Lightweight Turkey Championship Naz Cakiroglu.
Later on the day, five Indian boxers, including Lakeshya Chahar (80 kg), Minakshi Hooda (48 kg), Jadumani Singh (50 kg), Abhinash Jamwal (65 kg) and Jugnoo (85 kg) in their round 16.
Triple blow
India, however, tolerated the failure late on Monday with the pussy (75 kg), Sachin Siwach (60 kg) and the bronze medalist of the Asian Games Nander Berwal (90+kg), who bowed in the preliminary neighborhoods.
Sumit was comprehensively defeated by 5-0 Bulgarian Rami Kiwan, the ruling European Champion of Central Weight.
In the 60 kg category, Sachin 1-4 went against Kazakhstan Biibars Zexen, while Narender also lost the same score against the Italian Diego Lenzi.
Defeats mean that more than half of the 20 -member India team has already been removed from the competition.
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
September 9, 2025
