Rohtak Nov 9 (IANS) The Haryana boxers continued their dominance in the ring as eight out of the 10 boxers marched into the finals of the inaugural Junior Women s National Boxing Championship at the SAI National Boxing Academy here on Thursday.
In the 48-kg weight category Sanjeeta defeated Sandhya from Delhi as the bout went down to the wire. Even though Sanjeeta didn t let her opponent breathe as she threw a flurry of punches which continuously hit the Delhi girl she stood firm till the last round but eventually lost out by a huge margin of 0-5.
Meenakshi (50-kg) also ran riot in her bout against Uttarakhand s Soniya Goni as she defeated her 5-0. In the 52-kg category Poonam followed suit as she took on Maharashtra s Preeti and defeated her by the same score line of 5-0.
There were two Haryana boxers in the 54-kg category who made their way into the finals and will fight for the gold medal against each other. Vanlalhriapull from Mizoram lost to Priyanka 0-5 whereas Rajasthan s Jhalak Tomar was left biting the dust and the referee had to intervene to stop the contest against Yogita.
Yashi Sharma (60-kg) lost out on her opportunity for a gold medal as she lost to Arundhati from Rajasthan.
In the 63-kg category Vinka registered a comeback victory over Delhi s Sidhi Gaur. Dipti also made her way into the summit clash as she defeated Himachal Pradesh s Shivangi. Raj Sahiba (70-kg) had to toil to edge past Tamil Nadu s Syedarshi Hussain as the clash went down to the wire.
Sushma also had to go the same way as Sahiba as she battled hard to eke out a 3-2 win against Punjab s Komal.
The final bouts scheduled for tomorrow will see these eight boxers vie for a gold medal as the inaugural junior nationals for women draws to an end.
--IANS
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