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Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen, India’s squad ke World Boxing 2025 te lead kuribo

Liverpool, 3 September : Tokyo 2020 Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain aru Nikhat Zareen India laga 20-member contingent ke lead koribo World Boxing Championships 2025 karone, juntu Thursday pora Liverpool te shuru hobo, Olympics.com hisab te.

Itiu tournament hoise World Boxing — nija global governing body — laga under te organise kora first edition. Sob match khan M&S Bank Arena te hobo aru September 14 tak cholibo. Itu competition te 65 pora besi desh laga 550 pora upore boxers participate koribo, juntu majot 17 Paris 2024 Olympics medallists bhi ase. Medal khan 20 weight categories te dibo — 10 men karone aru 10 women karone. Borgohain 75kg division te khelibo, Zareen 51kg te participate koribo aru Olympian Pooja Rani 80kg weight class te fight koribo. Itu event hoise Borgohain aru Zareen laga Paris 2024 Olympics pichhe pora first international appearance.

Men’s side te, Narender Berwal (90+kg), Asian Games bronze medallist, logot World Boxing Cup gold medallists Hitesh Gulia (70kg) aru Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) dangor naam hobo dekhibole.

Championship knockout format te hobo — winners agotok jabo, aru losing semi-finalists duita ke bronze medal dibo. Ekta bout tinita three-minute rounds te hobo aru “Ten Point Must” scoring system use koribo.

Quarter-finals September 10 te hobo, semi-finals September 12 aru 13 te, aru tournament September 14 te khotom hobo, juntu te 20 new world champions crown koribo.

World Boxing Championships 2025 India squad:

Women: Meenakshi Hooda (48kg), Nikhat Zareen (51kg), Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Sanju Khatri (60kg), Neeraj Phogat (60kg), Sanamacha Chanu (70kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Pooja Rani (80kg), Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) Men: Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (50kg), Pawan Bartwal (55kg), Sachin Siwach Jr (60kg), Abhinash Jamwal (65kg), Hitesh Gulia (70kg), Sumit Kundu (75kg), Lakshya Chahar (80kg), Jugnoo Ahlawat (85kg), Harsh Chaudhary (90kg), Narender Berwal (90+kg).