Asian Boxing: Indian women pugilists bag 4 gold medals, 1 silver

In the Asian Boxing Championships in Amman Jordan on Friday, Indian woman pugilists Praveen Hooda, Lovlina Bogohain, Saweety Boora and Alfiya Khan claimed gold medals. Whereas Minakshi on the other hand, concluded her maiden Asian Championships campaign by clinching a silver medal.In one of the remarkable performances by Indian women in the continental event, Lovlina (75kg), Parveen (63kg), Saweety Boora (81kg) and Alfiya Pathan (+81kg) won their respective finals to win maiden titles.Competing in her first international event after switching to 75kg for the Paris Olympics, Lovlina outsmarted Uzbek Shokhiba Ruzmetova – a 2021 Asian silver medallist in 81kg – with a 5-0 verdict. 

Minakshi lost to 2017 World youth bronze medallist Japanese Rinka Kinoshita 4-1 in the 52kg final to take the silver medal. Preeti (57kg) and Ankushita Boro (66kg) got bronze. Parveen relied on her excellent footwork to beat Japanese Mai Kito 5-0. Using her long reach, Parveen executed her well-directed hooks and uppercuts to maintain an upperhand. Saweety Boora, who won silver at the Asian Championships in 2015 and bronze last year, defeated Gulsaya Yerzhan of Kazakhstan 5-0 in the women’s 81kg. In the women’s 81+kg, Alfiya Pathan handed India their fourth gold after her final opponent Islam Husaili of Jordan was disqualified by the judges in the first round.