Boxing News: Manju Rani settles for silver at World Boxing Championships 2019

Indian boxer Manju Rani’s stupendous debut run at the Women’s World Championships ended with a silver medal after she lost the light flyweight (48kg) final to Russia’s Ekaterina Paltceva. The Haryana-boxer, who was seeded sixth, went down 1-4 to the second-seeded local favourite in the first final of the day. Rani was the lone Indian to make the finals after six-time champion M.C. Mary Kom (51kg), Jamuna Boro (54kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) settled for bronze medals.