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.

Nikhat Zareen now faces her toughest challenge yet in the quarterfinals against two-time Olympic silver medallist and 2022 world light flyweight champion Turkey's Buse Naz Cakroglu.

Nikhat Zareen (women's 51kg) showcased her class once again as she outpunched USA's Lozano Jennifer with a commanding 5-0 victory.

This will be the inaugural edition of the tournament organised by World Boxing, the newly formed global governing body for the sport.