Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora reach final of IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

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After Nikhat Zareen and Nitu Ganghas reach the final of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora followed suit by reaching the gold-match round as well in New Delhi on Thursday.

In what was a clash between two highly decorated pugilists, Lovlina (75kg) reached her maiden World Championships final after ousting the 2018 World Champion Li Qian of China with a 4:1 victory on points after the bout was reviewed.

The bout kept going back and forth with the Assam-born pugilist grinding hard to prevail by 3:2 in the first round before her Chinese opponent made a comeback to win in the second by 2:3.

Despite both pugilists going at it hammer and tongs, it was the 25 year old Indian who shifted gears impressively and sealed the win with a supreme attacking display in the final round.

Lovlina will face the two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Caitlin Parker of Australia in the final on Sunday.

Saweety defeats Australia Greentree to reach final

Wrapping up India's dominance in the semi-finals, three-time Asian medallist Saweety (81kg) put up a stellar performance to beat Emma-Sue Greentree of Australia 4-3 on points after the bout was reviewed.

Being at her attacking best, the dynamic pugilist from Hisar utilized her vast experience and strength to triumph over her opponent in the fiercely contested bout. She will now go up against the 2018 World Champion Wang Lina of China in the final on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Irma Testa (57kg) of Italy won 5:0 against Zidani Amina of France to reach her second consecutive World Championships final. The Italian will square off against Kazakhstan's Karina Ibragimova who stunned the two-time World Champion Lin-Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in her semi-final bout.

The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Beatriz Iasmin Ferreira of Brazil (60kg) also secured her berth in the final after defeating the 2018 Asian Games champion Oh Yeonji of South Korea by unanimous decision.