Nikhat Zareen sails into World Boxing Championships quarterfinal

Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen continued her march in the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Tuesday with a 5:0 win over Japan’s Yuma Nishinaka in the women’s 51kg pre-quarterfinals.

The 29-year-old faced a spirited fight from



the Japanese in the opening round, but there was no stopping the Indian, who is playing her first international event this year.

In fact, the Japanese even received two penalty points for excessive clinching as she tried to break Nikhat’s rhythm.