{"id":29150,"date":"2026-01-09T12:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/?p=29150"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:13:37","slug":"senior-national-boxing-world-champion-minakshi-nikhat-hitesh-ease-into-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/?p=29150","title":{"rendered":"Senior National Boxing: World champion Minakshi, Nikhat, Hitesh ease into semis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM-45x45.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/samacharviswa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-4.39.54-PM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Country&#8217;s top boxers including world champion Minakshi Hooda, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen, World Boxing Cup gold medallist Hitesh Gulia and others sailed into the semi-finals of the Elite Men and Women National Boxing Championships with easy wins at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida on Thursday with comfortable wins in their respective quarterfinal bouts.<br><br>This is the first time that the men and women National Championships are being held simultaneously at the same venue and 600 boxers from across the country are participating in 10 weight categories each for men and women.<br>Minakshi (women&#8217;s 45-48kg) of All India Police defeated Kashish Mehta of Punjab 5:0 while Nikhat (48-51kg) blanked Manipur&#8217;s Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram by an identical margin.<br><br>In the men&#8217;s 65-70kg quarterfinals, Hitesh defeated Punjab&#8217;s Tejaswi 5:0 to advance to the semifinals. 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