Boxing
Boxing World C'ships Final Highlights: Nitu Ghanghas, Saweety Boora win Gold
Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora crowned Women's World Boxing Champions.
Nitu with her Commonwealth Games 2022.
India's Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora, on Saturday, bagged the gold medal in 48kg and 81kg respectively at the ongoing 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships in Delhi.
They became the sixth and seventh Indian woman World Champions respectively.
Complete Results
48kg: Nitu beat Lutsaikhan 5:0
52kg: Yu Wu beat Sirine Charaabi 5:0
57kg: Testa Irma beat Karina 5:0
63kg: Nataliya lost to Yang 1:4
70kg: Anastasiia beat Scott Frances
81kg: Saweety beat Wang Lina 4:3
Live Updates
- 25 March 2023 2:57 PM GMT
END OF ROUND 1
That's the end of the first round and the referees give it in favour of Saweety Boora. The Indian has won the first round 3:2.
- 25 March 2023 2:54 PM GMT
A slow start
A slow start to this 81kg final with both boxers happy to bide their time out and read the opponent first.
- 25 March 2023 2:49 PM GMT
UP NEXT: Saweety Boora in 81kg Final
Saweety Boora will take on Wang Lina of China in the 81kg Final up next. This is the final bout of the evening.
- 25 March 2023 2:34 PM GMT
70kg: Anastasiia is the World Champion
Anastasiia defeats Scott Frances to be crowned the 70kg Women's World Champion.
- 25 March 2023 2:13 PM GMT
63kg: China's Yang wins GOLD!
China's Yang defeats Nataliya by a 4-1 split decision to be crowned the Women's 63kg World Champion.
- 25 March 2023 1:45 PM GMT
NITU RECEIVES HER MEDAL
The Indian national anthem plays in Delhi as Nitu Ghanghas takes home the Women's 48kg GOLD!
- 25 March 2023 1:37 PM GMT
57kg: TESTA IRMA crowned World Champion
Italy's Testa Irma is the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships. She defeats Kazakhstan's Karina 5-0 by unanimous decision.
- 25 March 2023 1:16 PM GMT
52kg: Wu Yu is the World Champion
China's Wu Yu defeats Sirine Charaabi 5-0 by an unanimous decision to be crowned the Women's 52kg World Champion.
