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Siddharth Arora

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Meet Badass Girls From Indian Women Boxing Squad For AIBA World Championship

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  •  November 18, 2017

India announced its Boxing Squad for the AIBA Youth Women’s World Championship, starting on November 19. 

India’s Ankushita Boro (64kg), whose rapid growth is astounding, is also a part of the squad.

Six pugilists are from Haryana – Neetu (48kg), Jyoti (51kg), Sakshi (54kg), Shashi Chopra (57kg), Anupama (81kg), Neha Yadav (81kg) and Mizoram’s Vanlalhriapuii (60kg). Uttar Pradesh’s Astha Pahwa (69kg), Andhra Pradesh’s Niharika Gonella (75kg) and Boro complete the squad.

India’s coach Raffaele Bergamasco commented on India’s prospects in the event saying, “This is a fine lineup. Each of them is in tremendous shape and we are confident that they will bring in a number of medals.”

Boro will be the center of the attention, as she’s still fresh from winning silver medals at the Balkan Youth International Boxing Championship in Bulgaria and the Ahmet Comert Championship in Istanbul.

Boro, while speaking to the local media outlet, said, “I feel this is a huge opportunity for all of us as the World Championship is being conducted in India and will give us an upper hand when we fight our opponents in front of our home crowd.”

“Personally, I will feel no pressure facing anyone as I believe in my capabilities and will look to punch my way through to the finals of the tournament,” Boro added.

The team has been practicing in Guwahati for some time now and is expected to perform well in the tournament. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

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