Laxmi Gharti Magar of Alfa and Shivani Shrestha of Naxal entered the U-24 girls’ 57kg featherweight final of the first Novice National Boxing Championships on points on Saturday.

In the semi-final matches at the National Sports Council covered hall, Gharti Magar defeated Punam Karmacharya and Shrestha saw off Bibhasha Shrestha of Banuj with identical 3-2 points. Dipesh Rai of Kathmandu Boxing Club will meet Bishal Rai of Sunsar in the U-24 boys’ 49kg weight category gold medal match.

Buddha Gyamjo Lama of Lalitpur and Jeevan Kumar Pun of Nepal Boxing Association (NBA) will fight for the boys 52kg title. Puran Raskoti of Kaski and Sujan Paudel of Bhaktapur reached the boys 56kg bantam weight final with Dil Bahadur Gharti Magar of Rolpa and Mausam Rana Magar of Naxal fixing boys’ 60kg lightweight final.

In the boys’ 64kg light welter weight category, Pawan Gurung of Kaski and Bibek Bir Gurung of Naxal won their respective semi-final matches. Anmol Ghale of Gymkhana and Koshish Shrestha of Rage Fitness made it to the boys’ 69kg welterweight final. Likewise, Prince Khadka of Tikathli and Suman Maharjan of Patan will meet in the boys’ 75kg final.

In the girls’ 48kg lightfly category, Sushila Thapa of Alfa and Ramisha Shrestha of Naxal reached the final. Sumina Khadka of Naxal ‘B’ and Teji Gurung of Naxal ‘A’ will vie in the U-19 girls’ flyweight category final. Lakpa Dikki Sherpa of Naxal ‘A’ and Alisha Khadgi of Naxal ‘B’ won their 54kg bantam weight semi-final matches.