IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023: It was yet a memorable day for the Indian boxers as two Indian pugilists: Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain added two more gold in the iba women’s world boxing championships 2023 final in New Delhi on Sunday making India’s tally of 4 Gold medal. Nikhat Zareen won her second Women’s World Boxing Championships gold defeating Thi Tham Nguyen of Vietnam via a unanimous decision (5-0) in the 50 kg (light flyweight) category final. On the other side, The Tokyo Bronze medalist, Lovlina Borgohain added fourth gold to India’s tally by a thrilling win over Caitlin Anne Parker of Australia with 5-2 split decision win after a review in the 75 kg (Middleweight) category final.
Alongside Nikhat and Lovlina, 2022 Commonwealth Games medalist Nitu Ghanghas (48kg minimum weight category) and three-time Asian medalist Saweety Boora (81kg light heavyweight category) were the other gold medalists for the nation.
Medal Tally:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023: Key Points
- The 13th edition of the IBA Women’s Boxing Championship 2023 was held at the K.D Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi, India from 15-26 March 2023.
- The tournament witnessed the participation of 324 boxers, including several Olympic medallists, from 65 countries fighting for the titles in the 12 weight categories with a prize money of INR 20 crores.
- Nitu Ghanghas, two-time World Youth champion clinched the first Gold after beating the two-time Asian bronze medalist Lutsaikhan Altansetseg of Mongolia 5-0 in the 48-kg final . Second gold came from Saweety Boora, The light heavyweight boxer beating her Chinese opponent Wang Lina by points (4-3) in the 81-kg finals
- Nikhat Zareen became only the second Indian female pugilist to win two golds at the World Championships alongside the boxing legend Mary Kom who has claimed a record six gold medals in the competition.
- Indian boxers finished off an outstanding campaign with the highest gold medals (4) at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship.
- This is the second time in history that India have won four gold medals at the Women’s World Boxing Championships. Last time it was in 2006 when Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny Lalremliani and Lekha K.C had won gold for the country. IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023. IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023: Four Indian Boxers Wins Gold IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023
Important Information for Competitive Exams
- IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organized by the International Boxing Association (IBA).
- The first edition of the Women’s World Boxing Championships was held in 2001 and hosted by Scranton in the US state of Pennsylvania.
- Till date, Indian boxing legend M.C Mary Kom is the most successful in the tournament winning a record 6 times multiple gold medals.
Formation – 1946
Headquarter – Lausanne (Switzerland)
President – Umar Kremlev (Russia)
President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) – Ajay Singh
Note: The IBA Men’s Boxing World Championship 2023 will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 1 to 14 May 2023.