A bout away from boxing history Lovlina faces world champion

TOKYO: Lovlina Borgohain will face world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in a women's 69kg semifinal on Wednesday in her bid to become the first Indian boxer to reach an Olympics title clash.

Two inches taller than Busenaz, Lovlina will be eager to create another upset, having bested Worlds medallist German Nadine Apetz and former World champion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei earlier to assure India of another medal in the Games.

Surmeneli got the better of Polish Karolina Koszewska and Ukrainian Ana Lysenko to be among the last four.

The two 23-year-old boxers have never met before. While two-time Worlds bronze medallist Lovlina has 14 wins and nine losses in her career, Busenaz has a far superior record of 25 wins and six defeats.

If Lovlina beats Busenaz, she will ensure a medal of better colour than Vijender Singh and M.C. Mary Kom's bronze medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, respectively. Agencies

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