Dubai:Five Indian women, including six-time world champion MC Mary Kom, entered the gold medal round of the Asian Boxing Championship here. The national team has already won five bronze medals.
Lalbuatsaihi entered the gold medal round of the women's 64kg after she outplayed Kuwait's Noura Almutairi. The referee stopped the contest in the second round.
Pooja Rani got a walkover in the women's 75kg while Anupama entered the final of women's plus-81kg by defeating Mokhira Abdullaeva of Uzbekistan 4-1.
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Earlier, Mary Kom provided a flying start to India by scoring a 4-1 win against Mongolia's Latsaikhan Altantsetseg to enter the gold medal round of the women's 51kg category.
The 38-year-old boxer made a cautious start and took time to settle down into her groove. She tested the strength of her opponent, and became aggressive in the second round and went all out in the third round. The Olympic Games-bound Mary Kom surprised her Mongolian opponent with her speed and skill.
Mary Kom will face Kazakhstan's Nazym Kyzaibay in the final. Nazym, a two-time world champion, had an easy semi-final encounter against Sri Lanka's Nadeeka Pushpakumari as the referee stopped the contest in the first round.