Greater Noida, March 24 -- Paris Olympian Jaismine Lamboria has often found the going tough against hard-hitting and attacking boxers. Once she is pushed on the backfoot, the mostly 57kg boxer finds it difficult to break the shackles. At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games quarter-finals, North Korea's Won Ungyong landed such hard punches that the referee stopped the contest (RSC). In Paris, she fared better against Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Nesthy Petecio of The Philippines but could not avoid a first-round exit.
The tall boxer, 23, who has relied on her counterattacks to score, is now backing herself to step up her aggression. The elite women's national championships here is an opportunity for Jaismine to execute the attacking skills she...