{"id":291413,"date":"2025-11-18T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291413\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:20:08","slug":"preeti-pawar-stuns-olympic-medallist-in-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291413\/","title":{"rendered":"Preeti Pawar stuns Olympic medallist in semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Minakshi Hooda (48kg), Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) and Parveen (60kg), along with men\u2019s boxers Abhinash Jamwal (65kg), Ankush Phangal (men\u2019s 80kg) and Narender Berwal (90+kg) sealed their spots in the finals with wins.<\/p>\n

There were setbacks for India too, with Saweety Boora (women\u2019s 75kg) bowing out after a loss to Australia\u2019s Emma-Sue Greentree, while Naveen concluded his campaign with a bronze in the men\u2019s 90kg boxing<\/a> event.<\/p>\n

Preeti, 22, seized control from the opening seconds, edging the first round with sharp counterpunches before turning up the tempo in the second. She cut off angles, disrupted Huang\u2019s rhythm and denied the Olympic medallist any foothold in the contest. A crisp one-two in the final round underlined her authority and capped a career-defining 4-0 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew she was a world champion but to become a world champion, you must beat a world champion,\u201d Preeti said afterwards. \u201cMy mindset was to give my 100 per cent and win in front of the home crowd. The last bout and the support I received gave me the confidence to come here and give everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arundhati Choudhary produced one of the tournament\u2019s most commanding displays, stopping Germany\u2019s Leonie Muller – a medallist at all three stages of the 2025 World Boxing Cup – via RSC (Referee Stops Contest).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Returning after a break of 18 months, the former youth world champion showed no rust. Arundhati dominated the first two rounds with clean, sustained aggression, dropped M\u00fcller in the second and finished the job with another knockdown in the third.<\/p>\n

World champion Minakshi Hooda eked out a clinical 5:0 win over Republic of Korea\u2019s Bak Cho-rong, blending tight defence with sharp, accurate scoring shots across all three rounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

World Boxing Cup medallist Abhinash Jamwal opened his campaign in style, outclassing Ukraine\u2019s Elvin Aliiev, while Narender Berwal (90+kg) overpowered Kazakhstan\u2019s Daniyal Saparbay.<\/p>\n

Ankush added another unanimous 5:0 win, overwhelming Australia\u2019s Marlon Sevehon with pace and pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nupur Sheoran maintained India\u2019s charge with a dominant win over Ukraine\u2019s Mariia Lovchynska, controlling every round. Parveen delivered one of the day\u2019s standout upsets, edging Poland\u2019s Aneta Rygielska 3-2.<\/p>\n

Nine Indians will be in action on Wednesday, headlined by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen<\/a> (women\u2019s 51kg) against Uzbekistan\u2019s Gulsevar Ganieva and reigning world champion Jaismine Lamboria (women\u2019s 57kg) taking on Kazakhstan\u2019s Ulzhan Sarsenbek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also in the ring will be Neeraj Phogat (65kg), Jadumani Singh (50kg), Pawan Bartwal (55kg), Jugnoo (85kg), Sachin (60kg), Sumit (75kg) and Hitesh (70kg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Minakshi Hooda (48kg), Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) and Parveen (60kg), along with men\u2019s boxers Abhinash Jamwal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-291413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291413","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=291413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}