The ongoing World Boxing Cup Finals witnessed a day of upsets and comebacks by the Indian boxers in the semi-final round on Tuesday at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.

Preeti Pawar took down Olympic medallist and three-time world champion Huang Hsiao-Wen of Chinese Taipei in the 54 kg category while Arundhati Chaudhary (70 kg) and Parveen Hooda (60 kg) marked their return to the international stage with a win.

Preeti, who is returning after the 2024 Paris Olympics, didn’t get intimidated by the stature of her opponent and matched her punch by punch. While Huang started well in the first round, Preeti was more dominant in the second round and kept landing punches to deny the reigning World champion any momentum.

In the final round, Preeti landed two combina

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