Meanwhile, veteran Pooja Rani (80kg) also entered the semifinals and will take on England’s Emily Asquith later in the day, aiming to become the fourth Indian boxer to advance to the finals.
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Indian boxers continued their impressive run at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool, with three women pugilists storming into the finals to boost hopes of multiple gold medals.
Minakshi (48kg) was clinical in her approach, securing a unanimous 5:0 win over Mongolia’s Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan. Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) followed suit with a dominant 5:0 verdict against Venezuela’s Omailyn Carolina Alcala Cegovia, while Nupur (80kg) overpowered Turkey’s Seyma Duztas to book her place in the title clash.
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Meanwhile, veteran Pooja Rani (80kg) also entered the semifinals and will take on England’s Emily Asquith later in the day, aiming to become the fourth Indian boxer to advance to the finals.
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In the women’s 48kg semifinal, Minakshi did not allow two-time Asian bronze medallist Lutsaikhan to find her rhythm in any of the three rounds and completely dominated the bout to be adjudged winner by an unanimous decision.
It was a similar story in the other two semifinals as both Jaismine and Nupur rarely looked under pressure throughout their bouts.
In the finals, Jaismine will face Paris Olympics silver medallist Julia Szeremeta of Poland, while Nupur will take on another Polish boxer, Agata Kaczmarska, a multiple-time European championships medallist.
Meanwhile, in men’s 50kg category, Jadumani Singh Mandengbam needed to beat former world champion and two-time Asian champion Sanzhar Tashkenbay of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals.
The 21-year-old Indian, playing in his first world championships, took the fight to his much-experienced opponent but could not avoid a close loss.
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