World champion Jaismine carries on from where she left off as Indians continue to dominate World Boxing Cup Finals

Greater Noida: Indian boxing star Jaismine Lamboria appeared to carry on from where she left off a couple of months after pulling off the biggest triumph of her career, defeating Kazakhstan’s Ulzhan Sarsenbek to sail into the summit clash of the World Boxing Cup Finals in Greater Noida on Wednesday.

It’s been more than two months since Jaismine defeated Paris Olympics silver medallist Julia Szeremeta of Poland to be crowned world champion in the women’s featherweight category.

On Wednesday, the 24-year-old boxer from Haryana’s Bhiwani punched her way to a dominant 5-0 victory over Sarsenbek – a former Asian Youth Championships gold medallist –in the 57kg semi-finals, hardly showing any signs of rust.

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‘Aim was to carry the World Championship form over to the World Cup’

Speaking to reporters at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Jaismine revealed that while she did take a break after becoming only the ninth Indian to be crowned world champion, she did not allow the breather to affect her in-ring intensity, which was the same on Wednesday as it was in Liverpool during the Worlds.

“I had attended a few functions for 10-15 days. That was followed by a camp at NIS Patiala from the 1st, where the aim was to carry the World Championship form over to the World Cup. So we maintained a similar intensity in our training camp as we did during the World Championships,” Jaismine said after her semi-final victory on Wednesday.

“Didn’t get much time between the two events. Just had one month to recover after the World Championships to try and get into the competition phase.

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“I gave my hundred percent in the semi-final and will maintain that going forward,” the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist added.

As for her bout on Wednesday, Jaismine said that it was happy outing for her against a quality opponent, and she’s in an upbeat state of mind ahead of the final. Jaismine was in total control during her bout, barely allowing her Kazakhstani opponent to challenge her defence and later maintained her shape after a late fightback from Sarsenbek to achieve a unanimous victory.

“Feeling quite good right now. It was my first fight in the semi-final, against Kazakhstan. She’s (Sarsenbek) quite a good fighter. It was a good experience for me in the ring today. It’s the final tomorrow, and I’m sure we’ll put up a good performance,” she added.

More than 10 Indians confirmed for gold medal bout at World Boxing Cup Finals

Jaismine will now face off against Chinese Taipei’s Wu-Shih Yi in Thursday’s final, where nine other Indians have been confirmed after Session 6 on Wednesday with the possibility of another four joining them after Session 7 later in the evening.

Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (men’s 50kg) and Pawan Bartwal (men’s 55kg) were the other Indians whose hands were raised by the referee at the end of their bouts in Round 6, defeating Australia’s Omer Izaz and England’s Ellis Trowbridge respectively.

Both registered unanimous victories over their opponents, while it was the other way round for Jugnoo (85kg), who suffered a 0:5 loss at the hands of Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Yuldoshev. Neeraj Phogat (65kg), meanwhile, went down fighting against Olympic medallist Chen Nien-Chin in a 3-2 verdict.

The ongoing event in Greater Noida features more than 130 boxers from 18 countries across 10 weight categories for both men and women. The Indian contingent features 20 boxers including current world champions Jaismine and Minakshi Hooda (women’s 48kg) as well as former world champion Nikhat Zareen.