Boxer Lovlina Borgohain loses in semis, settles for bronze medal

23-year-old Indian woman boxer Lovlina Borhagen, who is playing the Olympics for the first time, wrote history despite losing the semi-final match. She will return to India only with bronze. She is the second female boxer to do so, before Mary Kom won the bronze in 2012.

In this match of 69 kg weight category, Lovlina was fighting against world number one Busenaz Surmeli of Turkey. The age and experience gap was clearly visible, but a few punches from Lovlina, which staggered Busenaj, showed that the hope was golden for the next time.

used to fight for diet

Lovlina, who hails from Golaghat district of Assam, is also the first woman athlete from Assam to participate in the Olympics. Lovlina used to do kick boxing before joining boxing. She has won a medal at the national level in kick boxing. Lovlina started kickboxing after watching her twin sisters Licha and Lima and now she has created history.

After getting selected in the Assam Regional Center of Sports Authority of India (SAI), she started taking training in boxing. Both his sisters have also won medals at the national level in kick boxing. Lovlina had to struggle a lot in her childhood. His father Tiken Borgohain had a small shop. In the initial phase, Lovlina did not even have a tracksuit. There was a struggle for equipment and diet.

Where did Lovlina lag behind?

There was no bout between Lovlina and Busenaj so far. The first encounter between them took place on Wednesday. Both players did not have the experience to fight against each other, but world number one Busenaz was overwhelming in the experience.

She took the lead over Lovlina from the very first round. With continuous punches, this gap increased further. On the other hand, Lovlina, who was testing Busanez in the opening bout, delayed the attack.

Lovlina had a height advantage. The height of Lovlina is 5 feet, 9.7 inches. At the same time, the height of the Turkish boxer is 5 feet, 6.9 inches. She could not achieve the advantage of 2.8 inches in length.