Paris Olympics 2024 Boxing Draw: Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borogohain handed a tough draw

India's star boxers Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borogohain were handed a tough draw in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics 2024. 

Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen will face Germany’s Maxi Carina Kloetzer in the round of 32 of the women’s 50kg boxing event. However, she will have to go through the current Asian Games Champion People’s Republic of China’s Wu Yu in the Round of 16.

Besides being the reigning Asian Games Champion, Wu Yu is the top-seeded boxer in the 50kg category and World Champion in the 52kg category while Nikhat is the World Champion in the 50kg category.

And, if Nikhat goes past the Chinese boxer, she will have to potentially face either Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat or Uzbekistan’s Sabina Bobokulova in the quarter-finals. Nikhat had lost to Raksat in the Asian Games silver-medal match while facing defeat against Bobokulova in the Strandja Memorial final in February.

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Tough draw for Lovlina as well

Tokyo Olympics Bronze medalist and a medal hope for India at the Paris Olympics 2024, Lovlina Boroghain will face Sunniva Hofstad of Norway in the Women's 75kg category followed by a potential quarter-final against China’s Li Qian. Lovlina had faced a tough defeat at the hands of Hofstad in the Asian Games gold medal match last year in Hangzhou.

And, if Lovlina manages to go through to the next round, she will face the current European champion third-seeded Amina Zidani of France. 

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Panghal and Dev received byes 

Indian men's boxers Amit Panghal and Nishant Dev received first-round byes in the men’s 51kg and 71kg, respectively. Both of them will fight in the Round of 16. Panghal will fight against Zambia’s Patrick Chinyemba while Dev will face Jose Rodriguez Tenorio of Ecuador in the round of 16.

Paris Olympics 2024 Boxing Draw for Indian boxers

• Women 50kg: Nikhat Zareen vs Maxi Carina Kloetzer (GER) - Round of 32
• Women’s 54kg: Preeti Pawar vs Vo Thi Kim Anh (VIE) - Round of 32
• Women’s 57kg: Jaismine Lamboria vs Nesthy Petecio (PHI) - Round of 32
• Women’s 75kg: Round of 16: Lovlina Borgohain vs Sunniva Hofstad (NOR) - Round of 16
• Men’s 51kg: Round of 16: Amit Panghal vs Patrick Chinyemba (ZAM) - Round of 16
• Men’s 71kg: Round of 16: Nishant Dev vs Jose Rodriguez Tenorio (ECU) - Round of 16