NEW DELHI: A ferocious Nikhat Zareen delivered a blockbuster opening day performance when she outpunched and outmuscled Azerbaijan’s Anakhanim Ismayilova in the preliminary round of the women’s 50kg category to begin her World Championships title defence in style here on Thursday.
Sakshi Chaudhary (52kg), Preeti (54kg) and Nupur Sheoran (+81kg), too, won their respective bouts with ease as the hosts started off their campaign at the boxing Worlds on a resounding note. Such was India’s dominance on the first day of the meet that two host nation boxers – Nikhat and Preeti – registered an emphatic RSC (referee stops contest) victory over their respective rivals.
