Asian Games 2023: Two-time Champion Nikhat Zareen Cruises Into Quarterfinals With Win Over South Korea's Chorong Bak

Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen cruised through to the quarter-finals with a 5-0 win over South Korea's Chorong Bak in the round of 16 clash of the women's 50kg category at the Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday (September 27). (Asian Games 2023: Esha Singh Bags Silver Medal In Women’s 25m Pistol Final, Manu Bhaker Disappoints)

World Champion Nikhat Zareen defeated South Korea’s Chorong Bak by 5:0 and enters into the Quaterfinal.#AsianGames2022 #IndiaAtAsianGames #19thAsianGames #TeamIndia #Cheer4India #JeetegaBharat #Boxing pic.twitter.com/lZ9K0BStJ6

— Indian Sport Center (@IndianSportHome) September 27, 2023

Earlier, Zareen defeated World Championship 2023 Silver medallist Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Tam to enter into the Round of 16 with a 5-0 win. Zareen outplayed Nguyen in all the rounds. She did not give Nguyen a chance to fight back. Zareen dominated the game and won 5-0 in the Round of 32. Similarly on Wednesday, Zareen outclassed Bak with a 5-0 win as well.

On the other hand, in the men’s 80-92kg round of 16 match, Sanjeet lost against Uzbekistan’s Lazizbek Mullojonov by 5-0. In the third round, the Indian boxer failed to get the upper hand in the game and was out in the preliminary round.

Earlier, Nikhat had entered into the Round of 16 with a 5-0 win over World Championship 2023 Silver medallist Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Tam. Shiva Thapa and Sanjeet failed to clinch a win in the Round of 16 match of the men's boxing at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday. The final rounds of boxing events will be played on October 5.

Women's boxing team at Asian Games 2023: Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg), Jaismine Lamboria (60kg), Arundhati Chaudhary (66kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg).Men's boxing team at Asian Games 2023: Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Sachin Siwach (57kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Nishant Dev (71kg), Lakshya Chahar (80kg), Sanjeet (92kg), Narender Berwal (+92kg).