25-year-old Nikhat Zareen emulates the likes of Mary Kom, Sarita Devi and others to become only the 5th Indian to win the Women's World Boxing Championship.
Nikhat Zareen (born 14 June 1996) is an Indian boxer. She won gold at the Women's Boxing World Championships in Turkey.
Nikhat Zareen becomes just the 5th Indian woman to win a World Championship gold. 
Nikhat Zareen defeats Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong to take the 52kg gold at the Women's World Boxing Championships 2022!
A former Junior World Champion, star boxer Nikhat Zareen scripted history as she dominated at the Women's World Boxing Championships and claimed the crown and bagged the gold medal with a phenomenal performance against Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong
She won gold medal at the International Boxing Association Women's Youth & Junior World Championships Antalya 2011. She won bronze medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati. She also won silver medal at the 2019 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament held in Bangkok.
Her father, Mohammad Jameel Ahmed, introduced her to boxing and she trained under him for a year.Nikhat was inducted into the Sports Authority of India in Vishakhapatnam to train under Dronacharya awardee, IV Rao in 2009. A year later she was being declared as the 'golden best boxer' at the Erode Nationals in 2010.