Parveen Hooda defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chen Nien-chin 3-2 to win gold in the women’s 65kg boxing category at the Asian Games. Her victory came hours after Lovlina Borgohain’s 75kg gold, giving India a historic double in women’s boxing
Published Date – 2 October 2026, 03:29 PM
Nishio: Parveen Hooda ended her long wait for an Asian Games medal in style as the 26-year-old Indian boxer clinched gold in the women’s 65kg category, giving India its second women’s boxing gold at the ongoing Asian Games 2026.
Parveen won the closely contested final against Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei on Friday, following Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain’s earlier gold in the women’s 75kg event.
The Rohtak-born boxer began well by winning the first round 5-0, but Chen responded in the second round and also won it 5-0. In the final round, Parveen kept her composure and won it 3-2, thus securing the gold medal.
This achievement represents a major milestone for Parveen, who had earlier secured a gold medal at the 2025 World Cup, won a bronze at the 2022 World Championships and claimed gold at the 2022 Asian Championships.
Parveen is now the third Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games; legendary MC Mary Kom had won the women’s 51kg event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, while Lovlina added her second gold earlier on Friday.
Lovlina, who turned 29 on Friday, secured India’s first women’s boxing gold in 12 years in the 75kg final by beating China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0.
The woman who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics improved on the silver medal she had earned at the last edition with a dominant performance against Bao, securing herself a perfect birthday present.
Lovlina is also only the second Indian woman since Mary Kom to have won a boxing gold medal at the Asian Games and an Olympic medal.
Mary Kom won the flyweight (51kg) title at the Asian Games in Incheon in 2014 and also secured a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
On the same day that Parveen and Lovlina won gold medals, India achieved a historic double in women’s boxing at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
