World champ Gitika makes perfect start

NEW DELHI: Reigning world champion Gitika dished out a solid performance in the opening round of the women's 48kg at the Youth National Boxing Championships, dominating her opponent Payal Zala from Gujarat as the referee stopped the contest in the first round on Sunday.

The tournament, being organised at Delhi Public School, Sonipat, marked the return of domestic boxing action after more than a year's gap due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Gitika was amongst the seven Indian women boxers who clinched gold and scripted history at the Youth World Championships in Poland earlier this year.

The on-going championships is being played with AIBA's newly-introduced weight divisions-- 13 categories in men's event and 12 in the women's section. IANS

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