Indian boxers Minakshi, Jaismine and Nupur storm into World Boxing Championships finals

Minakshi, Jaismine Lamboria and Nupur stormed into the finals of the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool, boosting India’s gold medal hopes after dominating their semi-final bouts with commanding wins

Hyderabad: Minakshi (women’s 48kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg) and Nupur (women’s 80kg) were at their dominant best in their respective semi-finals to raise hopes of multiple gold medals for India at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool.

Minakshi defeated Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan of Mongolia 5:0, Jaismine hammered Omailyn Carolina Alcala Cegovia of Venezuela 5:0, and Nupur proved too good for Turkey’s Seyma Duztas.

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India has fielded a 20-member contingent at the inaugural World Championships being held under the aegis of World Boxing, a recently formed international governing body for the sport, and is hoping for a good showing in both men’s and women’s events.

Pooja Rani (women’s 80kg) is the fourth Indian boxer to reach the semi-finals and will face Emily Asquith of England later in the day.

In the women’s 48kg semi-finals, Minakshi did not allow two-time Asian bronze medallist Lutsaikhan to find her rhythm in any of the three rounds and completely dominated the bout to earn a unanimous decision.

It was a similar story in the other two semi-finals, as both Jaismine and Nupur rarely looked under pressure throughout their bouts.

In the finals on Saturday night, Jaismine will face Paris Olympic silver medallist Julia Szeremeta of Poland, while Nupur will take on another Polish boxer, Agata Kaczmarska, a multiple-time European championships medallist.