Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023: Nitu Ghanghas wins first gold for India with unanimous decision

New Delhi: Indian star boxer Nitu Ghanghas has won the gold medal at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023. She beat Mongolian boxer Altansetseg Lutsaikhan by a unanimous decision to mark her victory and become the world champion. She went on with the offense since the beginning and was just too strong for her opponent.

Nitu went on with the attack in the first round and landed a few punches. While both boxers tangled and Nitu landed on the mat, the round went in her favour for her strong jabs. In round 2, she kept her dominance going and won this round as well.

What a triumph! ?? Congratulations to @NituGhanghas333, our Commonwealth Games Champion, on becoming the new World Champion by winning the ? at the IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships!

You have showcased your incredible talent and hard work, making ?? proud! ?? pic.twitter.com/F2fMBTxbAS

— Nisith Pramanik (@NisithPramanik) March 25, 2023

In the third round, however, Nitu received a yellow card and things looked to go out of her hands. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist kept on striking and eventually was named the winner with a 5-0 decision.

While India has confirmed a few more medals, this is the first medal that physically came into the account in the ongoing World Championships and there could not be a better way than gold with dominance, to start filling the medal tally.

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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) March 25, 2023

A clip of her dominant performance was also tweeted by the Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur as he congratulated Nitu Ghanghas for her win.

Huge Victory!

Commonwealth Games gold medalist has become a World Champion. Congratulations to@NituGhanghas333 on winning India’s first? in the current IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships.

You have made ?? proud! pic.twitter.com/ZGmfTBZB0A

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) March 25, 2023

Be it the Birmingham Games or the world championships, Nitu has proved that she is on top of the world in the minimum weight category at the moment.

Meanwhile, Saweety Boora also has her finals bout today at 7:45 pm. The Indian boxer will face China’s Wang Lina for the gold.