New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- World Champion Minakshi, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kicked off their campaign in the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with easy wins at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, on Monday

This is the first time that the men's and women's National Championships are being held simultaneously at the same venue, and 600 boxers from across the country are participating in 10 weight categories each for men and women, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

Nikhat (48-51 kg), representing Telangana, blanked Nidhi of Chandigarh 5:0, while Minakshi (45-48 kg) defeated Tamil Nadu's V Lakshaya S Vijayan by an identical ma...