La Nucia, 07 February (H.S.): India dominated Day 4 semifinals at the Boxam Elite International 2026 on Saturday, propelling 12 boxers—eight women and four men—into gold medal contention, spearheaded by Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain's unanimous verdict over Wales' Rosie Eccles in women's 75kg.

Women's supremacy shone: Preeti and Poonam guarantee gold via an all-Indian 54kg final; Manju Rani (48kg), Neetu (51kg), Priya (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), and Naina (80kg) triumphed in semis, exemplifying squad depth across categories.

Men matched prowess: Sachin outclassed England's Jack Dryden (60kg); Deepak demolished Kazakhstan's World Boxing Cup silver medallist Nurbek Mursali via first-round RSC (70kg); Akash and Ankush vanquished Kazakh foes in 75kg and 80kg respectively.

India tops finals entries ahead of Kazakhstan (11), Ukraine (5), Spain (4), securing at least one gold while eyeing multiples; bronzes accrued to Pranjal Yadav, Kajal (65kg), Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Mankirat Kaur (80+kg) women, plus Jadumani Singh (55kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (60kg), Hitesh Gulia (70kg) men.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar