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India Wins Record Nine Golds at World Boxing Cup Finals 2025

India concluded its debut campaign at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with an exceptional haul of nine gold medals, showcasing a dominant performance, especially by its women boxers. This marks one of India’s finest international boxing achievements to date.

Indian Women Boxers Sweep Seven Golds

Seven Indian women clinched gold medals across multiple weight categories, delivering a flawless final-day performance,

  • Jaismine Lamboria (57 kg): Defeated Wu Shih Yi (Chinese Taipei) 4-1
  • Nikhat Zareen (51 kg): Beat Xuan Yi Guo (Chinese Taipei) 5-0
  • Parveen Hooda (60 kg): Overcame Japan’s Ayaka Taguchi 3-2
  • Arundhati Choudhary (70 kg): Dominated Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova 5-0
  • Preeti Pawar (54 kg): Defeated Italy’s Sirine Charaabi 5-0
  • Minakshi Hooda (48 kg): Beat Uzbekistan’s Fozilova Farzona 5-0
  • Nupur Sheoran (80+ kg): Outclassed Uzbekistan’s Oltinoy Sotimboeva

This golden sweep is a historic first for Indian women’s boxing, underscoring their growing global dominance.

Men Add to India’s Gold Tally with Two Wins

Indian male boxers also contributed to the medal tally with two golds and four silver medals:

Gold Medalists

  • Sachin Siwach (60 kg): Defeated Paris Olympics silver medallist Munarbek Seitbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Hitesh Gulia (70 kg): Beat Mursal Nurbek (Kazakhstan)

Silver Medalists

  • Ankush Panghal (80 kg): Lost to England’s Oladimeji Shittu
  • Abhinash Jamwal (65 kg): Lost to Japan’s Shion Nishiyama
  • Pawan Bartwal (55 kg): Lost to Uzbekistan’s Samandar Olimov
  • Jadumani Singh (50 kg): Lost to Uzbekistan’s Asilbek Jalilov

Despite these close finishes, the overall performance was India’s best-ever at a major international boxing event.

Static Facts

  • Event: World Boxing Cup Finals 2025
  • Host City: Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
  • India’s Gold Medals: 9 total (7 women, 2 men)
  • Top women gold winners: Jaismine Lamboria, Nikhat Zareen, Parveen Hooda, Arundhati Choudhary, Preeti Pawar, Minakshi Hooda, Nupur Sheoran
  • Top men gold winners: Sachin Siwach, Hitesh Gulia
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