New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- : Country's top boxers including world champion Minakshi Hooda, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen, World Boxing Cup gold medallist Hitesh Gulia and others sailed into the semi-finals of the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with easy wins in their respective quarter final bouts at the Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida on Thursday.
This is the first time that the men and women 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.
Minakshi (women's 45-48kg) of All India Police defeated Kashish Mehta of Punjab 5:0 while Nikhat (48-51kg) blanked Manipur's Lanchenbee Chanu Tong...