Tamil Nadu boxers steal the show in Nationals

In the last encounter of the day, Light welter weight Ankur Chahal outclassed the lanky boxer from Tamil Nadu R. Dhanush to advance into the next round of the tournament with a comprehensive 5-0 score.

Tamil Nadu’s Mohan Kumar (49 kg) romped past Orissa’s Manish Jena with a score of 5-0 whereas Telangana’s Navya (60 kg) couldn’t cope from the high-velocity punches from TN’s Ramya as the referee stopped the contest in the first round itself. 

However, R. Akash’s (56 kg) bout was halted by the referee in the second round by Chandigarh’s Vivek as he booked his place in the next round In another contest Delhi youngster Ritik also made his way into the next round after getting the better of Telangana’s Rayees. Ritik got off to a slow start but caught up with his opponent’s speed eventually and peppered him with his vicious blows to emerge victorious by unanimous decision. However, it was curtains for another Delhi boxer Shubham (56 kg) who couldn’t cope with the pace of Uttarakhand’s Pawan Gurung and bowed out. 

In the women’s department, Aditi (45-48 kg) also went down to Andhra Pradesh’s G. Ramya in a lop-sided affair as she lost 0-5 to her opponent. 

Light Fly Weight Ritik (Del) bt Mohd Rayees (Tel) – 5:0, S Mohan Kumar (TN) bt Manish Jena - 5:0

Fly Weight Yash Malik (Raj) bt R.Lala Remruata - 5:0, Sudeep Kumar Yadav (UP) bt Ram Majhi - RSC R3 

Bantam Weight Madhusudhan (Jha) bt Yash Kerketta - 3:2, Pawan Gurung (UKD) bt Shubham (Del) - 4:1, Vivek (CHD) bt R Akash (TN) - RSC R2 

Light Welter Weight Vivek (CHD) bt R Akash (TN) - RSC R2, Rishab (HP) bt SS Nitesh (Kar) - RSC R1, Ankur Chahal (Del) bt R Dhanush (TN) - 5:0 

Selected Results (Women 45-48 kg) Niki Kujur (ASM) bt Y Manchen Konyak (Nag) - RSC R2, Nidhi Dhaka (Raj) bt Shalini Kumari (Bhi) 5:0, G Ramya (AP) bt Aditi (Del) 5-0 (48-51 kg) Priti (Raj) bt Sandhya Rani Das (Ori) – RSC R1, Kamaljeet Kaur (Pun) bt Neha Shaw (WB) – RSC R1 (57-60 kg) Ramya (TN) bt Narmetta Navya (Tel) – RSC R1