NEW DELHI: World Championships medallists Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani continued their good run in the 6th Women’s National Boxing Championships as they registered thumping 5-0 victories in their respective bouts to enter the quarter-finals of the tournament in Bhopal on Thursday.
The reigning world champion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya's Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, while Railways Sports Promotion Board's (RSPB) Manju Rani, who won the silver medal in the 2019 World Championships, also came up with an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand's Kavita comprehensively in the 48kg last-16 contest.
