NEW DELHI: When Nikhat Zareen first took to the ring as a 12-year-old in her hometown of Nizamabad back in 2008, the sparring session with a boy had left the boxer with a blackened eye and a bloody nose. Her mother, Praveen Sultana, was furious. She was worried because it might hamper her child's marriage prospects.
She told Nikhat to drop the idea of becoming a boxer. For Nikhat, there were more pressing matters at hand. How to seek revenge from that boy and pay him back with interest. So, a young and pugnacious Nikhat called him up to spar with her when she returned to the Nizamabad stadium complex post her recovery from injury and left him with a bloodier nose than hers, forcing the coaches to stop the session.
