Who is Nupur Sheoran? The Boxer Facing the Internet After Silver

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After winning silver at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, Nupur Sheoran declared, “Silver now, gold later.” Her confident words sparked both admiration and trolling online.

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00:00And the trolling started right there.

00:05When Nupush Yorun returned from Liverpool with a silver medal at the World Boxing Championships,

00:09she made her ambitions clear.

00:16What she meant as declaration of intent quickly turned into fodder for trolling online.

00:21Many praised her for aiming higher, but others accused her of arrogance,

00:25saying it was premature to talk about gold immediately after losing the final.

00:28Some call her the next Manu Bhakar.

00:31Some say she looks like Raveena Tandon.

00:33And some sports enthusiasts have crowned her the new crush.

00:36So, who is Nupush Yorun?

00:38At 26, she is a heavyweight boxer from Bhivani, Haryana,

00:41and the third generation of her family to step into the ring.

00:43Her grandfather, Captain Hawa Singh, was a two-time Asian Games champion

00:47and one of the earliest icons of Indian boxing.

00:50Her father, Sanjay Kumar, also stepped into the ring,

00:52while her mother, Mukesh Rani, built her career on the basketball court for India.

00:56Reportedly, boxing wasn't her first love, academics were.

01:00According to reports, it was only in 2015,

01:02after some convincing from her father that she stepped into the ring.

01:05A decade later, she now stands on the world stage,

01:08not just with a silver medal, but with a determination to reach higher.

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