Nikhat Zareen clinched gold in the 51 kg category at the World Boxing Cup in Greater Noida and announced plans to set up a Boxing Academy in Hyderabad. The 29-year-old said the win is a confidence booster ahead of future championships

Hyderabad: Nikhat Zareen, who won the World Boxing Cup final gold in the 51 kg category at Greater Noida on Thursday, said she is keen to set up her own Boxing Academy in Hyderabad to avoid traveling for training and to help produce future champions.

“Yes, the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy sir promised to look into the issue. Hopefully, I will meet him soon in this regard,” Nikhat said after her spectacular show, adding to her two women’s World Championship titles.

For someone who hails from the relatively lesser-known town of Nizamabad, Nikhat has silence

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