Lanchenbee chanu tongbram

Women National Boxing Championships: Country's top boxers, including world champion Minakshi Hooda, two-time world titlist Nikhat Zareen, World Boxing Cup gold medallist Hitesh Gulia, and others, sailed into the semifinals of the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with comfortable wins in their respective quarterfinal bouts at the Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, on Thursday.

This marks the first time that the men's and women's National Championships are being held together at the same venue, with 600 boxers competing across 10 weight categories for each gender. Minakshi (women's 45-48kg) from the All India Police team defeated Kashish Mehta of Punjab with a 5:0 score, while Nikhat (48-51kg) outperformed Manipur's Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram by the same margin.

In the men's 65-70 kg quarterfinals, Hitesh won against Punjab's Tejaswi with a 5:0 score, moving on to the semifinals. Silver medallist Pawan Bartwal (50-55kg), Jadumani Singh (50-55kg), and Sachin (55-60kg) all secured unanimous decisions in their semifinal matches.