She delivered a thoroughly clinical performance to ensure an Olympic medal on debut but Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) on Friday said she stepped into the ring against former world champion Nien-Chin Chen without a concrete plan as she knew just a fearless approach would be enough.
“Isi ladki se 4 baar haar chuki hun (I had lost to her four time earlier), all I wanted to do was prove a point to myself by being fearless against her. I was just looking for revenge,” she said with a wide grin in an online media interaction.
“I enjoyed myself in this bout, khul ke khela. There was no strategy, no plan. I knew her from before, the plan wasn’t even needed,” she added.
“In today’s bout the key was that I didn’t take any pressure, it would have been counter-productive. I only tried to give my 100 per cent.”