Haryana girl Pinky enters finals of National Boxing champ

Jamshedpur: Giant-killer Pinky Jangra stormed into the final of the senior women`s National Boxing Championship after trouncing Hemani Mehta 18-6 in the semi-final in 46 kgs light fly weight category here today. Haryana`s Jingra, who shocked four-time world champion M C Mary Kom in the quarterfinals, dominated the proceedings right from the first round and clinched the four-round bout against her Uttrakhand opponent without any fuss. Jingra will take on Krishna Thapa (MP), who outclassed Sanashiri Brahma (Assam) 18-2 in the other semi-final, in the title clash tomorrow. In the 48 kgs category, Vanlaln Duati of Tripura will clash with Mamta of Haryana in the finals. Duati got the better of Mandakini Channu of AIPB 18-1 in the semi-final. The 57 kgs light weight category will be fought between Railway women Sunita Yadav and Dorothy Lal (Mizoram). Yadav beat Reena Kaushik (Chandigarh) 5-0 and Dorothy outsmarted H Chaoba Devi of Manipur 9-7. Dorothy Lal, who was trailing in the first two rounds by a 0-5 margin but bounced back brilliantly in the match by scoring two points against her rival`s six in the third round. She dominated the fourth round right from the start and earned seven points in the final round to clinch the contested match in her favour 9-7. The other semi-final round results are: 51 kgs weight Category: Meena Kumari defeated Suman (Haryana) 6-1; Sagar Tokas defeated Shashi Kiran (MP) 18-5. 60 kgs light welter class: Seema Devi (Railway) beat L Radia Devi (Manipur) 9-3; Meena Rani (UP) defeated Neetu Chahal (Haryana) 6-3. 64 kgs Welter Category: Aruna Mishra (AIPB) defeated Pratibha Jhakhar (Chandigarh) 8-2; Kavita (Haryana) beat A Chaoba Chanu (Manipur) 19-0. Bureau Report