Jaismine climbs to top rank in World Boxing rankings

Reigning world champion Jaismine Lamboria climbed to the top of the women’s 57kg rankings, while Asian championships gold medallists Priya Ghanghas (60kg) and Vishvanath Suresh (50kg) broke into the top three of their respective categories in the latest World Boxing rankings. Indian boxers featured in the top 10 across nine of the 10 women’s weight categories and eight of the 10 men’s divisions.

In the women’s section, Minakshi retained her World No. 1 ranking in the 48kg category, while Preeti Pawar jumped five places to third in the 54kg weight class.

Jaismine, who won the silver at the Asian Championships earlier this year, moved up a spot to be the top ranked boxer in her weight class.

World Cup medallists Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Pooja Rani (80kg) and Nupur (+80kg) were all ranked second in their respective divisions.

Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg), who failed to qualify for this year’s Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, slipped one place to fourth, while Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) held on to her seventh position.

In the men’s categories, Sachin Siwach (60kg) and Asian Games medallist Narender Berwal (90+kg) broke into the top-5.