Nainital: Mamata from Manipur ousted National Games bronze medallist A Punyavathi of Andhra Pradesh in the light fly weight division at the Federation Cup Women’s Boxing Championship being held at Nainital on Saturday.
The 20-year-old boxer, who bagged a bronze at the recently concluded 12th Senior Nationals, put up a stunning performance against the Andhra girl who seemed completely out of sorts. Mamata lead throughout the eight minutes of play, never allowing Punyavathi to set into a rhythm. She won 16:6 on points to set up the summit clash with Krishna Thapa of Madhya Pradesh. Thapa a silver medal winner at the Senior Nationals, drowsed P Nirosha playing for Mizoram. Nirosha was no match against the more attacking style of the 20 year old. Thapa was leading 24:12 in the fourth round when the referee decided to stop the bout.
The final of the fly weight class will see National Championship silver medallist Sonia Lather Singh of Andhra Pradesh lock horns with local girl Vinita Mahar who bagged a bronze at the National Games earlier this year. While Lather upset National Games gold medallist Vanlal Duati of Mizoram in an easy fight, Vinita had to dig deep against Saroj from Haryana. Lather dominated proceedings throughout the bout and went on to secure the final spot with a 17:6 victory. Vinita on the other hand was given a run for her money. She was down a one point deficit after the third round, but the teenage boxer managed to squeeze a two point advantage in the final round owing to some feisty combinations. She won on points 14:13.
Former youth national champion Monica Saun of Uttarakhand hammered Renu Jaiswal of Delhi on her way to the finals of the light-welter weight division. She will take on Suman of the AIP team in the title clash. Suman beat Namita Kachuari of Assam to advance to finals.
Reigning national champion in the super heavy weight division Kavita Chahal of AIP had little trouble drubbing B V Padmavathi of Andhra Pradesh. She was leading 6:0 in the first round when the referee intervened to stop the fight. Chahal will go up against Poonam Vishnoi of Uttarakhand in the summit clash.
