World Championship silver medallist Sarjubala Devi romped past Delhi’s Simran in the flyweight category while recently crowned World Youth Championship gold medal winner Jyoti too advanced in the Women’s National Boxing Championship.
Jyoti set up an enthralling clash against RSPB’s Shiksha at the National Boxing Academy. As expected, Manipur’s Sarjubala dominated proceedings, and did not give her opponent an inch. Although, Simran tried to launch a fightback and lasted the three rounds, Sarjubala’s vicious punches demolished the former.
In enthralling encounters of the bantamweight category, Jyoti continued her rampaging form and defeated Babita Solanki in a one-sided affair with a 5-0 scoreline. The defending champion of the bantamweight category, Shiksha of RSPB, also jumped past her first hurdle as she beat Karnataka’s Gazal Mathew 5-0.
In other encounters, All India Police’s Fancy Devi (48 kg) defeated Rimpi Dabholkar while another AIP candidate Vanlal Dulati made her way to the next round as she defeated Neera Kumari of Sikkim to advance to the next stage.