Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 2 -- Lovlina Borgohain delivered a landmark performance at the Asian Games here on Friday, defeating China's Bao Ziyi to win the women's 75kg gold and become only the second Indian woman boxer to claim an Asian Games title.
The 28-year-old Indian, who had settled for silver at the previous Asian Games, held her nerve in a fiercely contested final against the unbeaten Chinese boxer to finally convert her Asian Games campaign into gold.
Lovlina made an assured start, edging the opening round 3-2 on the judges' cards. Bao responded strongly in the second, closing the distance and attacking with uppercuts, but Lovlina recovered late in the round and retained her lead, with four of the five judges scoring it in her favour.
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