Boxing News: Phenomenal show by Indian women pugilists at World Boxing Championships

Indian women boxers had a fantastic day at the ongoing Women’s World Boxing Championships as four of them — M.C. Mary Kom, Manju Rani, Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain won their respective quarterfinal bouts and assured the nation of four medals in the event. Six-time champion Mary Kom assured herself a record-extending eighth medal at the championships after progressing to the semifinals. She defeated Ingrit Valencia Victor of Colombia with a unanimous 5:0 verdict in her last-eight match. She will now face second seed Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey on Saturday in the semifinals. After her, Manju assured India of their second medal at the event after stunning top seed Kim Hyang Mi of North Korea to make it to the semi-finals in 48 kg division.