World youth medallist Anamika causes upset in National women’s boxing championships

World youth medallist Anamika upset former World youth champion and World Championships silver medallist S. Sarjubala Devi in a 50kg bout of the National women’s boxing championships.

Published : Oct 23, 2021 21:29 IST , HISAR

Olympian Simranjit Kaur, Asian medallist Nikhat Zareen and current World youth champion Babyrojisana Chanu won their respective bouts. (Representative Image)
Olympian Simranjit Kaur, Asian medallist Nikhat Zareen and current World youth champion Babyrojisana Chanu won their respective bouts. (Representative Image)
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Olympian Simranjit Kaur, Asian medallist Nikhat Zareen and current World youth champion Babyrojisana Chanu won their respective bouts. (Representative Image)

World youth medallist Anamika upset former World youth champion and World Championships silver medallist S. Sarjubala Devi in a 50kg bout of the National women’s boxing championships at the Joseph's International School here on Saturday.

Anamika beat Sarjubala 4-1 to move into the quarterfinals.

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Another Worlds medallist Manju Rani put up a solid performance and trounced Bhabani Barik of Odisha 5-0 in a 48kg second-round match.

Olympian Simranjit Kaur, Asian medallist Nikhat Zareen and current World youth champion Babyrojisana Chanu won their respective bouts.

Important results (preliminary rounds):

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