Liverpool, Sept. 6 -- Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain went down 0:5 against Busra Isildar of Turkey in the second round of the women's 75kg category, while Hitesh Gulia's spirited fight was not enough to avoid a 1:4 loss against Finn Robert Bos of the Netherlands in the men's 70kg bout at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Saturday.

India has fielded a 20-member contingent at the inaugural World Championships being held under the aegis of the World Boxing Council, a recently formed international governing body for boxing, and has made a strong start to their campaign, according to a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

On the other hand, India's star boxer Nikhat Zareen announced her ret...