Indian Women Pugilists Monica Suan & Pooja Rani won bronze in the China Open Boxing Tournament

Indian women pugilists/boxers Monica Suan (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) won bronze medals after losing their respective semifinal bouts in the China Open boxing tournament on 2 June 2011 at the Guiyang Sports Gymnasium. With Suan’s and Rani’s losses the Indian challenge in the championship came to an end.

Monica, playing in the light-weight categorydefeated Hlaing Kyu Kyu of Myanmar in the quarter final but was defeated by Asian Games gold medallist and a silver medallist at the 2010 AIBA world championships, Dong Cheng of China in the semi final.

In the middle-weight division, Pooja, who had won a silver medal at the recently concluded Arafura Games in Australia, was defeated by Ning Yuyu of Guizhou, the second team from China.

Sonia Lather of India had earlier lost her quarterfinal bout to She Kebekova Jaina of Kazakhstan by a margin of 11:16 points in the 51 kg category.