Parveen Hooda holds her nerve to clinch Asian Games boxing gold in 3-2 thriller

Parveen Hooda’s extraordinary comeback culminated in winning the women’s 65kg boxing gold at the Asian Games, triumphing over Chen Nien-Chen of Chinese Taipei with a nail-biting 3-2 split decision. Earlier, Lovlina Borgohain triumphantly broke India’s 12-year drought for women’s boxing golds at the Asian Games by besting Ziyi Bao and securing a unanimous decision, elevating her from silver to gold.

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