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Sofia, 5 Feb: Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) suffered a shock loss by disqualification (DSQ) to Ireland’s O’Rourke Aoife in the opening round of the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament here on Monday.<\/p>\n
The referee disqualified Borgohain 1 minute 18 seconds into round three of the pre-quarterfinal bout after the reigning world champion received her third warning for excessive grappling.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Borgohain, who has already qualified for the Paris Olympics, won the first two rounds 3-2 but had a point deducted in each of the rounds, which left her trailing with three minutes to go.<\/p>\n
With Aoife employing an aggressive approach, Borgohain threw punches from afar but failed to connect them. She continuously resorted to clinching throughout the bout leading to her disqualification.<\/p>\n
Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) and Sakshi Chaudhary (57kg) began their campaign with contrasting wins.<\/p>\n
Paris-qualified Nikhat eked out a narrow 3-2 win over Mongolia’s Oyuntsetseg Yesugen. Both the boxers came with an attacking intent as they delivered powerful blows at every opportunity.<\/p>\n
The boxers were at their attacking best and didn’t give any breathing space to each other.<\/p>\n
However, it was the reigning world champion Nikhat who eventually triumphed. She will face Lkhadiri Wassila of France in her quarterfinal bout on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Sakshi, on the other hand, outclassed Selmouni Chahira of Algeria with her swift moments and surprise attacks.<\/p>\n
She dominated the match throughout to clinch an easy 5-0 unanimous decision win to enter the quarterfinals. She will face Mamajonova Khumorabonu of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Asian Games bronze medallist Preeti Pawar (54kg) suffered a 2-3 loss to Fay Niamh of Ireland.<\/p>\n
Both the pugilists had their moments in the first two rounds with Fay taking the lead early on. Preeti did make a remarkable comeback in the third round with all five judges tilting in her favour, but it wasn’t enough as she bowed out of the tournament after a tough battle.<\/p>\n
Manisha (60kg) and Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) will be in action later Monday against France’s Zidani Amina and Sonvico Emilie, respectively.<\/p>\n
Late on Sunday, Jugnoo (86kg) secured a hard-fought 3-2 win over Kocharian Ashot of Ukraine in the round of 16 clash. He will now face Djalolov Samandar of Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals on Thursday.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, three men boxers will kick-start their campaign in their respective round of 16 matches. Sachin (57kg) will take on Uzbekistan’s Fayzov Khudoynazar, Vanshaj (63.5kg) will face Iran’s Habibinezhad Ali and Sagar (92+kg) will square off against Jazeviciius Jonas of Lithuania. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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