Taiwan’s Olympic medalists Chen Nien-chin and Huang Hsiao-wen on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the World Boxing Championships after winning their quarter-final bouts in Liverpool, England.
The tournament serves as the new international federation World Boxing’s version of the world championships.
Chen defeated Kinga Krowka 4-1 in the women’s 65kg division, avenging her loss to the Polish boxer in the World Boxing Cup semi-finals in Brazil in early April, while Huang beat Mexico’s Ariadna Jeanette Gil by a unanimous decision in the women’s 54kg event.
Photo courtesy of the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association via CNA
The victories ensured that Chen and Huang — Olympic bronze medalists at the Paris and Tokyo Games respectively — would win at least bronze medals regardless of the results of their next bouts.
Huang burst into tears after learning of her victory, as it secured her first medal of the year.
“We’ve both been under great pressure recently because Hsiao-wen had not won a medal this year and I became more solemn as a result,” Huang’s coach Liu Tsung-tai said. “It hasn’t been easy for her these days. She worked really hard for the championships, and now we both feel relieved of a huge burden.”
Photo provided by Liu Tsung-tai via CNA
The two other Taiwanese female boxers in Liverpool — Wu Shih-yi, who took bronze in the women’s 60kg division at the Paris Games, and Guo Yi-xuan — were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 57kg and 51kg categories respectively.
The tournament is the inaugural edition of World Boxing’s elite-level global championships, representing the largest Olympic-style boxing event in England since the 2012 London Olympics, organizers said.
It runs through Sunday at the M&S Bank Arena, with 540 boxers from 66 national federations competing across 20 weight classes in men’s and women’s events.
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