Commonwealth Games 2022: Nikhat Zareen wins, Shiva Thapa loses

BIRMINGHAM: India had mixed results in the morning session at the Commonwealth Games boxing venue here as reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen made a confident and comfortable start while seasoned Shiva Thapa crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals stage of the competition. Nikhat got the outplayed Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique in a women's light flyweight (over 48-50kg) division, getting a Referee Stopped Contest (RSC) verdict, two minutes and two seconds into the third round of their bout.

Nikhat Zareen was so dominant that she knocked down her opponent once in the third round before the referee decided enough was enough and ended the misery for the Mozambique boxer by calling off the contest.

But things were not that good for Shiva Thapa as his campaign ended in the second round on Sunday, losing to Scotland's Reese Lynch, bronze medallist in the recent World Championship, in the Men's light welterweight division. The former world championship and Asian Championship medallist went down 4-1 in s split decision, ending up without a medal after his second Commonwealth Games after failing to do so in 2014 too. Agencies

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