We are talking about women’s World champion Nikhat Zareen and two-time World youth champion Nitu Ghanghas – both a CWG gold medallist at the recently-held Games in Birmingham.
While Nikhat won the gold in the light flyweight (50kg) division, the Strandja memorial champion Nitu came out trumps in the minimumweight (48kg) competition.
But, the scenario will change for the Hangzhou Asiad in September-October next year and the Paris Games. Nikhat will drop down from her non-Olympic weight category of 52kg – in which she had won the Worlds gold – to 50kg to push her case for inclusion in the Olympic-bound boxing squad.
Similarly, Nitu will come up to 50kg from her preferred 48kg division to challenge Nikhat. For the uninitiated, the Olympic women’s boxing will feature six weight classes – 50kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 66kg and 75kg.