Nikhat Zareen: ‘People told my father that boxing was a men’s sport
Written by Shresta Dutt on May 23, 2022
Nikhat Zareen won the World Boxing Championships in Turkey on May 19, becoming only the fifth Indian woman to be crowned world champion (flyweight). But her story to the podium is also about breaking free from the shackles of patriarchy, tradition, mindset and, most importantly, from inhibitions. She is now setting her sights on the Olympic gold.
World champion boxer Nikhat Zareen talks about how people ridiculed her choice to become a boxer as a girl, her struggles in a conservative society and how she feels women boxers wearing hijab is a matter of choice.
