Nagpur’s Samiksha Singh storms into final

Nagpur: Samiksha Singh of Nagpur, along with seven others stormed into the final of the Under-17 National Boxing Championships for Boys and Girls underway on MLA Hostel premises in Nagpur on Friday. Southpaw Samiksha threw beautiful punches and dodged a couple of blows to defeat Himachal Pradesh’s Harshita 5-0 via a unanimous decision in her feather weight (57kg) bout.
Samiksha will face Services Sports Control Board’s Navya in the summit clash on Sunday. Navya overcame the challenge from Sakshi of Rajasthan 5-0.
In the boys section, Yugal Khote of Nagpur went down to Rajasthan’s Pradeep 4-1 via split decision in their 63 kg category fight. Haryana’s Gaurav prevailed over Punjab’s Arman 5-0 in the same category.
OTHER MATCHES IN FAVOUR OF MAHARASHTRA:
Girls: Avantika bt Rajasthan’s Priyanshi 4:1 (light fly 48kg); Ovi beat Chandigarh’s Shine 5-0 (fly50kg); Mamata bt SSCB’s Reet 5-0 (light bantam 52kg); Shanaya bt Delhi’s Yashika4-1 (lightweight 60kg).
Boys: Sanskar bt UP’s Adarsh 3-2 (pinweight 44-46kg); Gopal bt Arunachal’s Kenli 5-0 (light bantamweight 52kg).
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