NAGPUR: The city's only international boxer and Youth World Champion - Alfiya Khan Pathan - on Sunday became the first woman boxer from Maharashtra to get selected in the senior India team. Alfiya has left for Amman in Jordan with the Indian contingent to play the ASBC Elite Boxing Championships 2022. This is the first time the India squad has two Maharashtra boxers, Anant Chopde in men and Alfiya in women.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and five-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa will lead India's campaign at the championships. There are many renowned boxers in different weight categories.
