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India’s Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg classification at the Women’s World Boxing Championship with a win over Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the fly-weight final in Istanbul, Turkey.
Nikhat hence turns out to be just the fifth Indian women’s boxer after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to win a gold at the World Championships. The 25-year-old Zareen is a former junior youth world champion.
Against her Thai adversary in the final, Nikhat battled with splendor and brought back the gold award. The adjudicators scored the session 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 in the Indian’s favor.
Zareen was in excellent form as she utilized her specialized astuteness and covered to court well to outsmart her deft footed rival. Nikhat figured out how to dazzle every one of the judges in the first round as she landed far more punches than the Thai boxer.
The second round was more tight and Jitpong secured it 3-2. Expecting to get only one judge on her side in the final round, Nikhat bet everything and pummeled the entryway on her rival to keep a 5-0 consistent choice in support of herself in the end.
The Nizamabad (Telangana)- conceived fighter turned into the only fifth Indian woman to get gold medal at the World Boxing Championships after record six-time champion Mary Kom (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018), Sarita Devi (2006), Jenny RL (2006) and Lekha KC (2006).
It was likewise India’s most memorable gold medal since boxing legend Mary Kom won it in 2018
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