{"id":39243,"date":"2022-05-10T03:33:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T03:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=39243"},"modified":"2022-05-10T03:33:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T03:33:06","slug":"lovlina-off-to-flying-start-at-12th-iba-women-s-world-boxing-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=39243","title":{"rendered":"Lovlina off to flying start at 12th IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-38187\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg\" alt=\"Lovlina Borgohain\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" width=\"747\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain.jpg 747w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lovlina_Borgohain-696x529.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>:&nbsp;Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kickstarted her campaign on an impressive note by notching up a thrilling win at the 12th edition of the IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old star Indian boxer dished out a splendid show to secure a 3-2 win against the former world champion Chen Nien-Chin in the 70kg opening round bout.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Taipei boxer entered the match with a 3-1 head-to-head record. She had defeated the Indian in the 2018 World Championships semi-final. On the other hand, Lovlina\u2019s only win against Chen came in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics quarter-final enroute her bronze medal winning triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Both the boxers started off cautiously and maintained distance from each other. Making her first outing at the international circuit after heroics in Tokyo, the boxer from Assam showed no signs of rustiness and hit some timely punches.<\/p>\n<p>The intensely-fought second and final saw both the boxers exchanging heavy punches. Chen, who won gold and bronze medals in 2018 and 2016 respectively at the World Championships, tried attacking but the swift-moving Indian managed to block with a good defence technique and tilted the result of the nail-biting match in her favour.<\/p>\n<p>Lovlina will take on Cindy Ngamba of Fair Chance Team in the round-of-16 match on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day, Nitu, the lone Indian boxer in action, will begin her challenges in the 48kg opening round against Romania\u2019s Steluta Duta.<\/p>\n<p>Four Indians\u2014Shiksha (54kg), Manisha (57kg), Ankushita (66kg) and Nandini (+81kg)\u2014have been handed a bye in their respective opening rounds. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With a record participation of 310 boxers from 73 countries across the world, this year\u2019s event also marks the 20th anniversary of the prestigious event which will be played till May 20.<\/p>\n<p>In the last edition of the IBA Women&#8217;s World Boxing Championships held in Russia in 2019, the Indian boxers clinched one silver and three bronze medals. India\u2019s tally of 36 medals, including nine gold, eight silver and 19 bronze, so far in the 11 editions of the tournament is the third highest after Russia (60) and China (50).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:&nbsp;Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kickstarted her campaign on an impressive note by notching up a thrilling win at the 12th edition of the IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday. The 24-year-old star Indian boxer dished out a splendid show to secure a 3-2 win against the former world champion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing-boxing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lovlina off to flying start at 12th IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=39243\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lovlina off to flying start at 12th IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi:&nbsp;Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain kickstarted her campaign on an impressive note by notching up a thrilling win at the 12th edition of the IBA Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul on Monday. 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