Rohtak, Jan 5 (PTI) Asian Championship bronze medalistSeema Poonia of RSPB dumped young Niharika Gonella in a lop-sided affair to advance to the next stage of the Elite Women'sNational Boxing Championship here today.
While Poonia defeated Gonella 5-0 after three rounds,2004 World Championship gold medalist Aruna Mishra gave awalkover to Madhya Pradesh's Upasana Pandey at the RajivGandhi Stadium here.
Poonia started off the bout on an attacking note and putthe burly Gonella on the backfoot. The Hyderabad-based boxerfought back to land her jabs from close range but Poonia'sstrong hooks shook the Telangana lass.
Gonella persevered through the rounds and tried her bestto take the fight to her opponent.
At the end of three rounds, Poonia notched up acomprehensive 5-0 victory to advance to the next round whereshe would face Uttar Pradesh's Arpita Singh.
In a highly intense encounter, veteran boxer BhagyabatiKachari of RSPB displayed her experience in the ring as shetowered over Chandigarh's Himani, asserting her dominance fromthe word go.
The initial phases of the first-round saw the RSPB boxerland vicious punches which left her opponent with no answers.
Into the second round, the referee halted the contest twicebefore declaring Himani not fit to fight anymore.
RESULTS (Day 1)Light Flyweight (45-48kg): R. Lalinmawii (MIZ) bt UmaBauri (WB) - (5-0); Puja Ranpal (SKM) bt Manasa Mattaparthi(TEL) - (3-2)Featherweight (54-57kg): Kamla Bisht (UTK) bt Sangeetha M(TN) – (RSC-1)Lightweight (57-60kg): Priyanka Thakur (PUN) bt CharmaShachikant (D&D) – (RSC-1); Aradhana Patel (UP) bt ShiwaniKumar (JHA) – (5-0); Monika (HAR) bt Suparna Das (WB) – (RSC-1)Light Welterweight (60-64kg): Aarti Kama (GUJ) bt A.
Manisha (AP) – (WO); Sohini (CHD) bt Poonam Kaithawas (MAH)–(5-0);) Anjali Machahary (ASM) bt Majjiga Mounika Yadav (TEL)– (RSC-1)Welterweight (64-69kg): Nupur (HAR) bt Babita Bisht (UTK)– (5-0)Middleweight (69-75kg): Upasana Pandey (MP) bt ArunaMishra (JHK) – (WO); Alari Boro (ASM) bt Kumari J (TN) – (WO);Kavita Goyat (AIP)bt Renu (UP) – (5-0)Middleweight (75-81kg): Laxmi Padaya (JHA) bt SaaraQureshi (TEL) – (RSC-1); Bhagyabati Kachari (RSPB) bt Himani(CHD) – (RSC-2)Heavyweight (82kg): Jigyasa (MP) bt Sangeeta (UTK) – (5-0); Arpita Singh (UP) B. Ravi Chandrika (AP)– (RSC-1); SeemaPoonia (RSPB) bt Naganika Gonella (TEL) – (5-0). PTI ATKATK.
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