Pooja and Jaismine assured of medals
New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Two-time Asian champion boxer Pooja Rani and Astana World Cup gold medallist Jaismine Lamboria registered contrasting wins to assure India of two more medals at the ongoing World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Thursday.
Pooja got the better of Poland's Emilia Koterska 3-2 in the 80kg quarter-final while Jaismine dominated under-22 Asian champion Mamajonova Khumorabonu of Uzbekistan to secure a 5-0 result to advance to the 57kg semi-final.
In a keenly-contested women's +80kg bout, Pooja banked on her experience to tackle the speed and energy of her much-younger opponent.
The Polish boxer was slightly ahead in the contest after the opening round but Pooja, the 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist, dominated the secon...
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