Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Lovlina Borgohain Reaches Second Straight Asian Games Final
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer.
She won a close semifinal match at the Asian Games.
Her opponent was Natalya Bogdanova, a reigning world champion in the 70-kilogram division.
Borgohain competed in the 75-kilogram division.
The judges scored the match 3-2 in Borgohain’s favor.
She changed her strategy by boxing from farther away in the second round.
This win sent her to the Asian Games final for the second time in a row.
She is the first Indian woman boxer to achieve that.
Lovlina Borgohain defeated reigning 70kg world champion Natalya Bogdanova 3-2 in the women’s 75kg semifinal.
The victory made Borgohain the first Indian woman boxer to reach consecutive Asian Games finals.
Mary Kom had previously been the only Indian woman to reach an Asian Games boxing final, in 2014.
Borgohain lost the Commonwealth Games final to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree after receiving a direct semifinal entry.
She is the second woman boxer to reach the final at this Asian Games, following Parveen Hooda.
- Who
- Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain defeated Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova.
- What
- Borgohain won the women’s 75kg Asian Games semifinal 3-2 and reached the final.
- When
- Wednesday.
- Where
- At the Asian Games.
- Why
- She won the semifinal on the judges’ scorecards after a close four-round bout.
- Winner
- Lovlina Borgohain
- Opponent
- Natalya Bogdanova
- Result
- 3-2 semifinal victory
- Weight division
- Women’s 75kg
- Achievement
- First Indian woman boxer to reach consecutive Asian Games finals
- Previous Indian finalist
- Mary Kom, in 2014
- Next stage
- Asian Games final