Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Parveen Hooda Wins 65kg Gold in Asian Games Boxing
Parveen Hooda won a gold medal in boxing for India.
She competed in the women’s 65-kilogram category.
Her final match against a boxer from Chinese Taipei was very close.
Parveen won the first round, lost the second, and narrowly won the last round.
The judges gave her the match by a 3-2 split decision.
This was India’s second women’s boxing gold at these Asian Games.
Lovlina Borgohain won the other women’s boxing gold earlier that day.
Parveen is now the third Indian woman to win Asian Games boxing gold.
Parveen Hooda defeated Chinese Taipei’s Nien-chin Che, also rendered as Chen Nien-Chen, 3-2 in the women’s 65kg final.
Hooda won the opening round 5-0, lost the second by the same score, and edged the final round 3-2.
Her victory gave India its second women’s boxing gold of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Hooda became only the third Indian woman to win an Asian Games boxing title, after Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain.
The 26-year-old’s latest gold follows her 2025 World Cup and 2022 Asian Championships victories, plus a 2022 World Championships bronze.
- Who
- Indian boxer Parveen Hooda and Chinese Taipei’s Nien-chin Che, also identified in one report as Chen Nien-Chen.
- What
- Hooda won the women’s 65kg boxing gold medal by a 3-2 split decision.
- When
- Friday during the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.
- Where
- At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games; the specific venue is not stated.
- Why
- Hooda’s victory secured India’s second women’s boxing gold at the Games and marked a major achievement in her career.
- Winner
- Parveen Hooda, India
- Event
- Women’s 65kg boxing
- Result
- 3-2 split-decision victory
- Round scores
- Hooda won the first round 5-0, lost the second 0-5, and won the final round 3-2
- Opponent
- Nien-chin Che; one source names her Chen Nien-Chen
- Asian Games significance
- India’s second women’s boxing gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Games
- Career record cited
- Gold at the 2025 World Cup and 2022 Asian Championships; bronze at the 2022 World Championships
