Asian Boxing Championships 2022: Lovlina Borgohain of India advances quickly to the semifinals

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• Nov 7, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

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Desk: In a 3-2 split decision, Kazakhstan's Valentina Khalzova, the 2016 world
champion, was defeated by Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain to
advance to the women's 75 kg semi-finals at the Asian Boxing Championships 2022
in Amman, Jordan.

The
victory also guaranteed the Indian boxer at least a bronze medal at the present
competition. At the Asian Boxing Championships in 2017 and 2021, Lovlina
Borgohain took home bronze medals.

In
addition to Lovlina Borgohain, four more Indian boxers who prevailed in their
individual quarterfinal matches also secured medals.

In
the quarterfinals of the women's 63kg division, World Championships bronze
medalist Parveen defeated Thailand's Panpatchara Somnuek 5-0 before Ankushita
Boro blanked Japan's Tsubata Arsia in the women's 66kg division.

Minakshi
(women's 52 kg) and Preeti (women's 57 kg), both competitors for the first
time, qualified for the semifinals after defeating Irish Magno of the
Philippines and Turdibekova Sitora of Uzbekistan, respectively.

Minakshi
made a powerful entrance by throwing a barrage of blows. Magno was eventually
defeated 4-1 by the Indian fighter.

Preeti,
the Asian Youth Boxing champion for 2021, put on a strong effort against
Turdibekova Sitora to earn a 5-0 decision victory.

In
the semifinals on November 9, Minakshi will now compete against Mongolia's
Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg, Preeti will compete against Japan's Irie Sena, and
Parveen will compete against Mongolia's Uranbileg Shinetsetseg.

Hsiao-Wen
Huang of Chinese Taipei, who won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,
beat Sakshi (women's 54 kg) 5-0 in the other quarterfinal match. Pooja lost to
Dariga Shakimova of Kazakhstan 5-0 in the women's 70 kg division.

Up
to seven Indian boxers, including Shiva Thapa (63.5 kg), a five-time Asian
medallist, and CWG 2022 bronze medalist Mohammed Hussamuddin (57 kg), will
compete in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

Simranjit, who won the bronze medal at the 2018 World
Championships, will compete against Yeonji Oh of Korea, who won the gold medal
at the Asian Games and two more gold medals in the region.

267 boxers from 27 major boxing nations are taking part in the
competition.