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Arundhati, Preeti, Parveen shine on day of comebacks

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November 19, 2025

Parveen Hooda, Preeti Pawar, and Arundhati Choudhary sailed into the finals while Saweety Boora signed off with a bronze as India’s women pugilists shone on their comeback trails at the ongoing World Boxing Cup Final here on Tuesday.

- Shantanu Srivastava

Among the men, Ankush (80kg), Abhinash Jamwal (65k), and Narender (90+kg) also won their semifinals while Naveen Kumar (90kg) lost to England’s Issac Okoh 0-5.

Parveen, returning to international fold after a 14-month doping ban due to whereabouts failure, stormed into the final with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Poland's 2025 World Championships silver medallist Rygielska Aneta Elzbieta in 60kg division while Arundhati, back in the mix after 15 months, stamped her authority over German Leonie Muller with a third-round RSC verdict in 70kg class in her semifinal.

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