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Women National Boxing Championships: World Champion Minakshi, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen, and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kicked off their campaign with easy wins in the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, on Monday.

This is the first time that the men's and women's National Championships are being held simultaneously at the same venue, and 600 boxers from across the country are participating in 10 weight categories each for men and women.

Nikhat (48-51kg), representing Telangana, blanked Nidhi of Chandigarh 5:0 while Minakshi (45-48kg) defeated Tamil Nadu’s V Lakshaya S Vijayan by an identical margin.