Nitu Ghanghas is an Indian amateur boxer from Haryana who competes in the light flyweight category. She rose to international prominence by winning a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a gold medal at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. She is known for her aggressive style and is trained out of the Bhiwani Boxing Club, a facility in Haryana that has produced several leading Indian boxers.
| Full name | Nitu Ghanghas |
|---|---|
| Sport | Boxing (amateur) |
| Weight category | Light flyweight (48 kg) |
| Home state | Haryana, India |
| Hometown | Dhanana village, Bhiwani district |
| Training base | Bhiwani Boxing Club |
| Coach | Jagdish Singh (early career) |
| Major honours | Commonwealth Games gold (2022); IBA World Championships gold (2023) |
Ghanghas hails from Dhanana, a village in the Bhiwani district of Haryana, a region long associated with Indian boxing owing to the success of figures such as Vijender Singh and the network of academies based around Bhiwani. She took up boxing at a young age and trained under Jagdish Singh at the Bhiwani Boxing Club, the same coach credited with mentoring several Olympic-level Indian boxers.
Before her senior breakthrough, Ghanghas had a notable junior record. She won gold medals at the AIBA Youth World Championships, establishing herself as one of the most promising prospects in the women's lower weight categories in Indian boxing.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Ghanghas competed in the women's minimumweight (48 kg) division. She defeated England's Demie-Jade Resztan in the final to claim the gold medal, becoming one of the standout Indian performers at the multi-sport event. The medal was her first major senior international title.
At the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, hosted by the Boxing Federation of India in New Delhi, Ghanghas won the gold medal in the 48 kg category. Her victory contributed to India's overall haul at the tournament, where Indian boxers won multiple gold medals on home soil.
Ghanghas is regarded as a forward-pressing, attacking boxer who relies on volume punching and close-range combinations. Her emergence has reinforced the depth of Indian women's boxing in the lower weight divisions, an area historically dominated at the senior level by M. C. Mary Kom. Her success has also continued the trend of Bhiwani-trained boxers reaching the international podium.