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World Boxing Championship: Neetu debuts, enters second round Boxing News – Times of India

May 10, 2022
Bharat Times

New Delhi: Of India Neetu (48kg) made an impressive appearance in her debut appearance at IBA Women’s world boxing championship As he overcame the Romanian giant steluta dota To enter the Round of 16 in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Two-time former youth world champion Neetu continued her stellar form with the Stradja Memorial tournament earlier this year, where she won the gold medal in her first appearance as she dominated all three rounds to win her first bout by unanimous decision. maintained.

Both the boxers were aggressive from the beginning and were throwing punches at each other. But the young Indian proved to be too much for the 40-year-old Romanian.
The two continued to attack in the second round, with Neetu using her height advantage to beat three-time World Championships silver medalist Duta to maintain her momentum in an electrically charged round of 32 bouts.
The 21-year-old from Haryana came up with a flurry of punches in the third round as the final three minutes were closely contested between the two. But Neetu defended strongly and looked in control to emerge victorious.
Incidentally, all three of DUTA’s silver medals in the event came from a loss against an Indian – six-time world champion M.C. marie comowho withdrew from the tournament.
Neetu will face Spain’s Marta López del Arbol in Round 16 on Saturday.
On Wednesday, 2019 Asian Championships bronze medalist boxer Nikhat Zareen will take on Herrera Alvarez of Mexico in a 52kg opening round match.
Manisha (57kg), Parveen (63kg) and Sweety (75kg) will also begin their challenge in the 32nd round on the third day of the prestigious event, which saw a record participation of 310 boxers from 73 countries across the world.
Manisha, who got a bye in the opening round, will face Nepal black thapasWhile Parveen and Sweety will take on Ukraine’s Maria Bova and England’s Kerry Davis respectively.
On the opening day of the competition, Mr. Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist lovlina borgohain Chinese Taipei made a triumphant return to the international circuit after a thrilling 3-2 win against two-time World Championships medalist Chen Nien-Chin.