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![It has been a sensational rise to greatness for Nizamabad’s very own World Champion Nikhat Zareen, who defeated Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong with a unanimous 5-0 scoreline to bag the gold medal at the IBA Women’s Boxing World Championship in Istanbul. The Indian pugilist was in fine form as she won gold medal at the Strandja Memorial in February and now she has backed it of with a big result at the World Championship. With the gold medal around her neck, Zareen joins the esteemed company of some of the former World Champions including the superstar MC Mary Kom. However, Nikhat is clear that this lays the path for her to achieve the Olympic dream in Paris in a couple of years’ time. "I'm happy and feeling really emotional that I've won the gold medal for my country. I will now do my best to fulfil my dream of winning an Olympic medal," she said after winning the Gold medal. The final match against Jutamas Jitpong looked like a very close bout as Nikhat smashed the first round but the Thai boxer came back in the second round with a split decision. So all eyes were on Nikhat Zareen to come out all guns blazing in the third round and that’s what she did. She highlighted how she wanted to win with a unanimous call as split decisions are often risky and can go in anyone’s favour. Her attitude in the World Championship is such that she likes to dominate her opponents as she has won all her matches with unanimous calls. "I just wanted to give my best and win by unanimous decision. A split decision can go either way, so I did not want to take the chance. The idea was to win the first two rounds by unanimous decision and then take it a little easy in the third round. [But since she won the second round by split decision] I had to go all out in the third round,” the Telangana pugilist added. Nikhat Zareen currently competes in the 52kg category which is non Olympic category as she aims to get down to 50kg category and prepare for the Paris Olympics. She feels that going down by a couple of kilograms won't be a huge factor for her in comparison to boxers who are trying to gain weight and go up the weight category ladder. "It is a little hard [to change weight categories] as there are differences in each category. You are at a disadvantage if you go from a lower category to a higher one as most boxers drop weight before events to make the cut and you'd be facing stronger boxers." "But if I go to 50kg, it won't make that big of a difference because my current weight is at 51kg and I'll only have to drop a little bit of weight. I will continue in the 50kg category if my body responds well," she explained.](https://in.dafanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nikhat-Zareen-min-1-350x260.jpg "World Champion Nikhat Zareen nervous about Olympics, long jumper Shreeshankar confident after Neeraj Chopra’s gold")
World Champion Nikhat Zareen nervous about Olympics, long jumper Shreeshankar confident after Neeraj Chopra’s gold
March 28, 2023
Sportstar recently organised their flagship event known as Sportstar National Sports Conclave which was titled as ‘Eyeing the Paris Podium”. The expert panel had long jumper Murali Shreeshankar, rifle... Read More
Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora script history by winning four World Championship gold medals
March 27, 2023
Indian pugilists scripted history when all four of them won gold medal in their respective weight category at the Women’s World Boxing Championship. India’s charge was led by four boxers, Nitu Ghangha... Read More
Nikhat, Nitu, Lovlina and Saweety storm into the Women’s Boxing World Championships finals
March 24, 2023
It was a great day for Indian boxing as four boxers made their way into the finals of the Women’s World Championship. It was Nitu Ghanghas who started the day with a dominant win, followed by Nikat Za... Read More
It’s rumble in the cradle of mountains this time!
March 24, 2023
UPB goes International – Hosts event in Tiger Palace Resorts, Nepal UPB Fight Club will end its Season 2, with a highly looking-forward-to event at the Tiger Palace Resorts in Nepal. The anticip... Read More
Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Manisha Moun and Jasmine storm their way into the Women’s World Championship quartefinals with dominant wins
March 22, 2023
Indian ace boxer Nikhat Zareen along with Nitu Ghanghas, Manisha Moun and Jasmine have progressed through to the quarterfinals in the Women’s World Championships at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in... Read More
Nikhat Zareen blank top seed, whereas Manisha overpower her Australian counterpart to reach pre-quarterfinals at the 2023 Women’s World Championships
March 20, 2023
Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen was one again at her dominant best as she won her second round bout against top seeded Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria in the 50kg category of the Women’s World Championships... Read More
Reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen confident to win the Championship after clearing her first round clash with dominance
March 17, 2023
It was a smooth start at the Boxing World Championships for reigning World Champion, Nikhat Zareen who kickstarted India’s campaign in the tournament with a dominant win over Anakhanim Ismayilova of A... Read More
Three Indian boxers drag Boxing Federation to the Delhi High-Court after not getting picked in the Indian team for the World Championships
March 7, 2023
National champion boxers Manju Rani, Shiksha Narwal and Poonam Poonia were unfortunately left out of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Boxing World Championship. However this did not sit well wit... Read More
Temperature of the Fights goes up this time!
December 11, 2022
It’s going get Hot in the Winter’s Cold The 3rd edition of the UPB Fight Club in its Season 2, is upon us and this time things are promising to heat up. There are some very competitive Fights this tim... Read More
“People expect a lot from me,” says Olympic medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain on her dip in performance after the Tokyo Olympics
November 16, 2022
Lovlina Borgohain is among the leading Indian boxing prodigies who are setting on the path paved by the boxing legend Mary Kom. Lovlina won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and forged her name i... Read More
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