M C Mary Kom News
Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) stormed into the Asian Boxing Championships final.
However, in the non-Olympic categories, Nikhat Zareen (54kg), Sonia Lather (57kg) and Saweety (81kg) advanced to the quarterfinals with contrasting victories.
In an exciting contest, Mary Kom took off aggressively but Nimani managed to keep her at bay by fighting from a distance
Eyeing a medal as well as an Olympic berth, Asian Games bronze-medallist Pooja Rani (75kg) entered the pre-quarterfinal of the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships with a hard-fought triumph over Ukraine's Mariya Borutsa here today.
Manoj Kumar, Sumit Sangwan and Pooja Rani were beaten today.
Other Indians to be seeded were Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (4th in 49kg division) and Asian silver-medallist Vikas Krishan (2nd in 75kg category).
Holding on firmly to the top spot in the overall standings, India increased their tally to 248 -- including 146 gold, 79 silver and 23 bronze medals.
In other fights, Parveen Kumar (91kg) was beaten by local favourite Gidelson De Oliveira.
Six Indian Boxers have been selected to participate in the Test Event to be held at Rio De Janeiro.
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