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India's Nikhat Zareen and Nitu continued their rampaging form to progress into the finals at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday.The 25-year-old Nikhat secured a hard-fought yet convincing 4-1 win against Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu, while Nitu clinched a dominating victory against Hanna Okhota of Ukraine in the semi-finals.In an intensely fought women's 52kg semi-finals battle, the 2019 edition's champion Nikhat put up a solid resistance against the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Cakiroglu as both the boxers exchanged heavy blows and fought from a close distance.However, the boxer from Telangana, Nikhat held her nerves and tilted the result of the nail-biting encounter 4-1 in her favour with some hard-hitting punches.In a contrasting women's 48kg Last-4 bout, Nitu produced a well-composed performance against the 2018 World Championships silver medallist Okhota.Having taken an early lead after the opening round, the two-time world youth champion from Haryana capitalised on the momentum and executed timely and precise punches throughout the second round that saw her putting herself in a commanding position.Eventually, the Indian progressed into the final after the Ukrainian boxer abandoned the bout before the start of the third round.Nitu and Nikhat will play their gold medal matches on Sunday at Europe's oldest international boxing tournament.Later tonight, another Indian boxer Nandini will fight for a place in the final as she takes on Kazakhstan's Lazzat Kungeibayva in the +81kg Last-4 stage.On Thursday night, Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) and Praveen (63kg) bowed out in the women's quarter-finals. While Choudhary lost to reigning Olympics champion Turkish boxer Busenaz Surmeneli 1-4, Parveen went down fighting against Russia's Nataliya Sychugova 2-3.The prestigious tournament witnessed the presence of over 450 boxers from 36 countries around the world, including strong boxing nations such as Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia and France.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Other Sports :Nikhat Zareen, Nitu clinch gold medals as India finish with 3 medals at Strandja Boxing Tournament

Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen and Nitu clinched gold medals at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament on Sunday as the Indian contingent finished the campaign with three medals including one bronze. ...

Other Sports :Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament: Nikhat Zareen, Nitu cruise into finals

India's Nikhat Zareen and Nitu continued their rampaging form to progress into the finals at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. ...

Other Sports :Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament: Nikhat Zareen, Nitu cruise into finals

India's Nikhat Zareen and Nitu continued their rampaging form to progress into the finals at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. ...