World Boxing Championships Highlights: Third seed Lovlina Borgohain lost to China’s Yang Liu.© Twitter
Manju Rani scripted history on Saturday as she became the first Indian woman boxer in 18 years to enter the finals of Women’s World Boxing Championship in her maiden appearance. Manju Rani stormed to the finals of the World Boxing Championships in Russia with a win 4-1 win over her Thai opponent Chuthamat Raksat. Other than Manju, none of the three Indian pugilists, including legendary Mary Kom, could advance to the gold-medal match. M C Mary Kom lost her semi-final bout against Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu and took home the bronze medal. Like Mary Kom, debutante Jamuna Boro had to content with a bronze medal after she lost to Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei in 54 kg semifinal. Boro started the match cautiously and played mostly on the backfoot. In the next round, her Chinese Taipei opponent Huang Hsiao-Wen used her experience and clinched the bout with an unanimous 5: 0 verdict. Lovlina Borgohain, the final Indian in action, gave really tough fight to her Chinese opponent Yang Liu in the 69 kg semifinal but went down fighting. She lost the bout by a split 2-3 verdict.
Women’s World Boxing Championships Semi finals Highlights straight from Ulan-Ude, Russia
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Final round ends … Lovlina takes home bronze
Lovlina took more chances in the final round but the Chinese boxer made full use of her vulnerability and clinched the match by a split 3-2 verdict.
.#LovlinaBorgohainsettles for a bronze medal while she was defeated by China’s Yang Liu in the 69 kg category in a split decision of 2: 3 to end her campaign at the# AIBAWorldBoxingChampionship. This is her consecutive medal. Congratulation Girl!# PunchMeinHiaDum# Boxingpic.twitter.com/qrtCdARywY
– Boxing Federation (@ BFI_official)October 12, 2019
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Second rounds ends!
The Chinese boxer started the round more aggressively but the Lovlina came back strongly in the later part. This round looked even as both boxers managed to land few punches on target.
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First round ends!
Both the boxers played with open guard but the Indian boxers was more effective as she managed to to land well-directed punches.
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Round 1 begins!
The Indian boxer is in blue corner while her Chinese opponent is in red corner.
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Boxers have entered the ring!
The semifinal bout between Lovlina Borgohain and Yang Liu will start in a short while. She will try to become the second Indian boxer to advance to the final in the ongoing World Boxing Championships.
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Lovlina is last Indian boxer in action!
The last Indian boxer in the fray is Lovlina Borgohain. The third-seed Indian will take on China’s Yang Liu in the 69 kg semifinal. Before her two of the Indian boxers Mary Kom and Jamuna Boro had to content with the bronze medal after they lost their respective semifinal bout. The good news came when Manju Rani scripted hostiyr as she became the first Indian woman to reach the final in her first World Championships.
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The final round ends! Jamuna Boro loses 0-5!
The Chinese Taipei boxer looked more solid in this round as she played with an open guard. The result is out and she enters the final with an unanimous 5-0 verdict. Jamuna Boro had to content with the bronze medal in her debut World Championships.
– Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) (October) , 2019
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Round 2 ends!
In this round also both boxers traded with caution, taking the game to the deciding round which promises to be more on the attacking side.
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End of round 1!
In the opening round, both boxers started cautiously using their defensive technique more than the attacking play.
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Jamuna Boro vs Huang Hsiao-Wen semifinal begins!
The semifinal bout between Jamuna Boro and Huang Hsiao-Wen begins.
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End of Round 3
And Manju Rani emerges 4: 1 winner! She is through to the final! With this win, she has scripted history as she became the first Indian woman boxer in 18 years to reach the final of World Boxing Championships on her debut.
– Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) (October) , 2019
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End of Round 2
Raksat attacked Manju Rani with a series of body shots in the round
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End of Round 1
Punches came thick and fast as both boxers fought aggressively. Manju Rani seems to have landed more punches
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The bout starts
Manju Rani’s match has started
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Welcome to the semi-finals of the World Boxing Championships!
Hello and welcome back to our coverage of the semi-finals of the World Boxing Championships. Manju Rani will be in action soon against Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat
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