{"id":286278,"date":"2025-11-16T07:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286278\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:04:08","slug":"minakshi-hooda-to-lead-india-on-day-1-of-world-boxing-cup-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286278\/","title":{"rendered":"Minakshi Hooda to lead India on Day 1 of World Boxing Cup Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greater Noida: The World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 officially come to life on Saturday in Greater Noida, the opening ceremony kicking off what promises to be a landmark week in global boxing after the draw delivered India a mix of strong opportunities and high-pressure tests, with World Champion Minakshi Hooda, Preeti, Narender Berwal and Ankush Phangal leading the hosts\u2019 campaign on the opening day of competitions.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s campaign opens with a high-stakes opener as World Championships Liverpool <\/a>2025 gold medallist Minakshi (48kg) collides with Kazakhstan\u2019s Bolat Akbota, followed by a tense, tactical showdown between Preeti (54kg) and Uzbekistan\u2019s Nigina Uktamova, a former Youth World champion and an Asiad medal to her name\u2013 the winner of this bout will be earning a blockbuster meeting against Olympic medalist and top seed, Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s draw brings equally fierce action, featuring a high-octane clash between Ankush Phangal (80kg) and Japan\u2019s Go Wakaya, a silver medalist from the previous iteration of the World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield, known for his range and quickness. Meanwhile, Narender Berwal (90+kg), the Asian Games and World Cup bronze medallist, will lock into a power-packed quarterfinal against Ukraine\u2019s King\u2019s Cup 2025 gold medalist Andrii Khaletskyi.<\/p>\n

Later in the tournament, Brazil World Cup gold medallist Hitesh is primed for a marquee 70kg battle with top seed Sewon Okazawa, as two-time World Champ Nikhat Zareen dives straight into a semifinal showdown with Uzbek Ganieva Gulsevar. IANS<\/p>\n

Also Read: Billie Jean King Cup: India go down fighting to Slovenia, miss out on Qualifiers spot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater Noida: The World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 officially come to life on Saturday in Greater Noida, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[129919,703,49,48,82027,82,115431],"class_list":{"0":"post-286278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-ankush-phangal","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-minakshi-hooda","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-world-boxing-cup-finals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}