\nBhopal, 22 Dec: World Championships medallists Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani registered thumping 5-0 victories against their respective opponents to enter the quarterfinals of the 6th Elite Women’s National Boxing Champion-ships here on Thursday.
\nReigning world cham-pion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya’s Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, while Railways boxer Manju Rani also produced an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand’s Kavita comprehensively in the 48kg last-16 contest.
\nManju had won a silver medal in the 2019 World Championships.
\nAnother Railways boxer Jyoti Gulia, the 2017 youth world champion, also advanced to the 52kg quarterfinals after beating Jharkhand’s Neha Tantubai by unanimous decision.
\nChandigarh’s Simran (48kg) and M Dhivya of Tamil Nadu (54kg) were among the other pugilists to emerge victorious and advance to quarterfinals on the third day of the competition.
\nWhile Simran out-punched A Ritu Rao of Odisha by Referee Stops the Contest (RSC) verdict, Dhivya got the better of Arunachal Pradesh’s Muni Leya by 5-0. (PTI)<\/p>\n
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