Nikhat Zareen, Nitu bags gold for India in Strandja Memorial Boxing

Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) struck gold at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria by notching up thoroughly comprehensive victories in their respective finals on Sunday.

Nitu prevailed 5-0 over Italy’s Erika Prisciandaro, a former youth world championship bronze-medallist. Zareen, on the other hand,



outpunched Ukraine’s Tetiana Kob, a three-time European Championships medallist 4-1.

The Hyderabad-based Zareen, who is a multiple-time national medallist, had won a gold medal at the Strandja Memorial’s 2019 edition as well. Nitu is a two-time former youth world champion and is also a former gold-medallist at the Asian youth championships.