Asian Games: India win two women's boxing golds, Lovlina Borgohain at 75kg and Parveen Hooda at 65kg

On 2 October 2026, at Nishio Gymnasium in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, India won two women's boxing finals. Lovlina Borgohain beat China's Bao Ziyi 5-0 in the 75kg final. Parveen Hooda beat Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin 3-2 on a split decision in the 65kg final. Neutral Politics checked the official results and the reports in Sportstar, The Times of India, News18, The Indian Express, Business Standard and India Today. The accounts were checked on 2 October 2026 (IST). This note was posted at 4:07 pm IST the same day. It does not state India's medal tally, and it does not state an age.

The 75kg final is Official. The bout time on that page is 13:30 local. It was read at about 11:00 am IST. The round scores for Lovlina were 3-2, 4-1 and 4-1. The judges' cards were 29-28 four times and 30-27 once. Her route, in the accounts used here, was a 5-0 quarter-final and a 3-2 semi-final. The official quarter-final page is timed at 13:30 local on 28 September. The semi-final page is timed at 14:15 local on 30 September. Those pages are not used here for opponent names. Sportstar's Lovlina story is timed at 10:41 am IST. The Indian Express is timed at 10:45 am IST. Business Standard, by Anish Kumar, is timed at 10:37 am IST.

At the time of that final, Sportstar, The Indian Express and Business Standard described Lovlina as the second Indian woman with Asian Games boxing gold, after Mary Kom in 2014. The Times of India and News18 also carry that line. The accounts used here say the gold upgrades her Hangzhou silver, and that the final fell on her birthday. No age is stated.

The 65kg final is also Official. Its bout time is 17:45 local. It was read at about 3:05 pm IST. Round 1 was 5-0 for India, 10-9 on all five cards. Round 2 was 5-0 for Chen, 10-9 on all five cards. Round 3 was 3-2 for India. The final cards were three judges at 29-28 for India and two at 29-28 for Chen. Hooda's quarter-final, on 27 September, was a 5-0 win over Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan. Her semi-final, on 29 September, was a 5-0 win over Li Shu of China. The Times of India story is timed at 2:37 pm IST. News18, by Harshit Bisht, is timed at 2:38 pm IST. Sportstar's Hooda story is timed at 2:39 pm IST.

Sportstar and News18 report that Hooda is the third Indian woman with Asian Games boxing gold, after Mary Kom in 2014 and Lovlina in 2026. News18 and The Times of India report her win as India's second women's boxing gold that day.

Sportstar reports a referee warning in round 1 of the 65kg final. The official table lists none. This note does not treat a warning as a fact.

Kept separate from the result is earlier reporting on Hooda. The Indian Express and India Today say her Hangzhou bronze was removed after an International Testing Agency suspension for whereabouts failures. The Times of India describes that episode as a doping violation. Those are the outlets' accounts of a past case. They are not part of the 2 October score.

The cover is a stock boxing photograph from Pixabay, listed as boxing-glove-boxing-sport-passion-4790853, under the Pixabay Content License. It is not a photograph of these finals or of either boxer.

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What these accounts do not state is India's medal table after the two golds, any age, the names in Lovlina's earlier bouts, or a warning that the official table lists.