World Boxing Championships: Pooja, 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 second round to take control and then maintained a cautious game plan to assure herself a semi-final berth.
Among the most experienced boxers in the women's circuit, Pooja is competing in the non-Olympic weight class at the World Championships. She is likely to move to her pet 75kg class to compete at the Olympics.
At the Astana World Boxing Cup earlier this year, Pooja bagged a bronze in the 80kg division. "I am planning to get back to the 75kg for Olympics. LA is certainly on my radar," Pooja had told HT then. She will play Asquith Emily of England on Saturday.
In the women's 57kg contest, Jaismine did not allow the Uzbek boxer to settle down in the first round itself and maintained that advantage across the three rounds. The 24-year-old will box Omailyn Carolina Alcala Segovia of Venezuela late on Friday....
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