Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain and two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen will spearhead the 20-member Indian contingent at the Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia from March 28-April 11.
Mohammed Hussamuddin won a gold medal in the 60kg category, while established stars Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain also claimed titles at the National Boxing Championships.
An unexpected loss at the Nationals last year proved to be the jolt Nitu Ghanghas needed to reset her career trajectory, prompting the boxer to switch to the 51kg weight category, dominated by Nikhat Zareen, with her sights firmly set on the Los Angeles Olympics.
Nikhat Zareen didn't just reclaim gold at the World Boxing World Cup in Greater Noida - she reclaimed a part of herself
Indian women boxers, led by star pugilist Nikhat Zareen, lived up to their top billings to claim seven gold medals.
Indian women's boxers showed exemplary courage to win four medals at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 here at the Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex on Thursday.
India eyes its richest-ever medal haul as women dominate and men deliver a breakthrough campaign.
Nikhat Zareen is part of a 20-member Indian contingent 10 men and 10 women that trained from October 1 to November 14 at SAI NSNIS Patiala for the World Boxing Cup.
While the women scripted history, delivering the country's best-ever overseas showing, the men endured a humbling low, returning without a single medal for the first time in 12 years.
Competing in her first international tournament since the Paris Olympics, Nikhat Zareen endured a scrappy women's 51kg round of 16 contest to secure a unanimous decision against Japan's Yuna Nishinaka.