Sumit Sangwan Among Winners On Day 1 Of National Boxing Championships
NDTV
Former Asian medallist Sumit Sangwan (86kg) was among the victors on the opening day of the men's National Boxing Championships as he notched up a comfortable win over Harish Prasadula by a unanimous margin in the 86kg opening round match.
Former Asian medallist Sumit Sangwan (86kg) was among the victors on the opening day of the men's National Boxing Championships at the Inspire Institute of Sports on Wednesday. Haryana pugilist Sumit, who had participated in the 2012 London Olympics, notched up a comfortable win over Andhra Pradesh's Harish Prasadula by unanimous margin in the 86kg opening round match. The 2019 President's Cup gold medallist Neeraj Swami (48kg) also put up an impressive show and made a winning start with a dominating 5-0 victory against Haryana's Sagar.
Punjab's Rajpinder Singh also outpunched his opponent Rahul Niltu from Himachal Pradesh to secure a 5-0 win in a 54kg bout. Among other boxers who made impressive starts were Maharashtra's Nikhil Dubey and Chhattisgarh's Dinesh Kumar.
Competing in the 75kg category, both the boxers claimed contrasting victories. While Nikhil won by stoppage in the first round against Gujarat's Sejad Lilgar, Dinesh had to work hard against Bengal's Abhishek Shaw during his close 3-2 win.
