<p>Astana: Meenakshi, Sakshi, Pooja Rani, Hitesh Gulia and Jugnoo registered convincing victories to reach the finals of their respective weight categories at the World Boxing Cup, here on Saturday.</p>.<p>India’s boxing contingent in Kazakhstan is now assured of 11 podium finishes, including six gold medal bouts on Sunday.</p>.<p>Abhinash Jamwal (men’s 65kg) is keeping India in hunt for another gold medal with his semifinal slated later in the day.</p>.<p>Meenakshi started India’s march with an aggressive display to beat Nurselen Yalgettekin of Turkey 5-0 in the 48kg semi-final.</p>.Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes fastest and youngest centurion in Youth ODIs.<p>Sakshi then displayed her prowess, landing punches regularly to dominate Feruza Kazakova of Uzbekistan and reached the final of the 54kg weight category by an identical margin.</p>.<p>Olympian Pooja Rani then staved off late charge Elif Guneri of Turkey in the 80kg category to reach the final with a 3-2 verdict.</p>.<p>Nupur had already sealed her final berth in the 80+ category on Friday, making it four Indian women boxers in the finals.</p>.<p>Sanju (60kg) fought hard before going down to Viktoriya Grafeyeva of Kazakhstan in a 0-5 verdict and will have to bring home a bronze medal.</p>.<p>India had clinched a total of six medals in the first leg of the World Boxing Cup in Brazil earlier this year with only the men boxers competing in that leg.</p>.<p>This is the first time that the women pugilists are competing at the World Boxing Cup.</p>.<p>In the men's 70kg, Brazil leg gold medallist Hitesh Gulia looked in trouble after the first round against France’s Makan Traore.</p>.<p>But the 20-year-old landed quite a few punches in the second round to close the gap and wrapped it up with yet another convincing display in the third and final round to reach the final.</p>.<p>Jugnoo (men's 85kg) then added to the celebratory mood in the Indian camp with a 5-0 thumping of England’s Teagn Scott. </p>
<p>Astana: Meenakshi, Sakshi, Pooja Rani, Hitesh Gulia and Jugnoo registered convincing victories to reach the finals of their respective weight categories at the World Boxing Cup, here on Saturday.</p>.<p>India’s boxing contingent in Kazakhstan is now assured of 11 podium finishes, including six gold medal bouts on Sunday.</p>.<p>Abhinash Jamwal (men’s 65kg) is keeping India in hunt for another gold medal with his semifinal slated later in the day.</p>.<p>Meenakshi started India’s march with an aggressive display to beat Nurselen Yalgettekin of Turkey 5-0 in the 48kg semi-final.</p>.Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes fastest and youngest centurion in Youth ODIs.<p>Sakshi then displayed her prowess, landing punches regularly to dominate Feruza Kazakova of Uzbekistan and reached the final of the 54kg weight category by an identical margin.</p>.<p>Olympian Pooja Rani then staved off late charge Elif Guneri of Turkey in the 80kg category to reach the final with a 3-2 verdict.</p>.<p>Nupur had already sealed her final berth in the 80+ category on Friday, making it four Indian women boxers in the finals.</p>.<p>Sanju (60kg) fought hard before going down to Viktoriya Grafeyeva of Kazakhstan in a 0-5 verdict and will have to bring home a bronze medal.</p>.<p>India had clinched a total of six medals in the first leg of the World Boxing Cup in Brazil earlier this year with only the men boxers competing in that leg.</p>.<p>This is the first time that the women pugilists are competing at the World Boxing Cup.</p>.<p>In the men's 70kg, Brazil leg gold medallist Hitesh Gulia looked in trouble after the first round against France’s Makan Traore.</p>.<p>But the 20-year-old landed quite a few punches in the second round to close the gap and wrapped it up with yet another convincing display in the third and final round to reach the final.</p>.<p>Jugnoo (men's 85kg) then added to the celebratory mood in the Indian camp with a 5-0 thumping of England’s Teagn Scott. </p>