National Boxing Championship: Hussamuddin loses in final
Hyderabad: Telangana boxer and defending champion in the 57kg category Mohammad Hussamuddin went down to Delhi’s Rohit Mor in the final to settle for a silver in the Men’s National Boxing Championship at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary, on Tuesday.
The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist failed to put up any fight as the Delhi boxer dominated to win the bout with 5-0 verdict. With this loss, he missed a chance to represent India in the World Championships scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia from October 24 to November 6. All the gold medal winners will represent India. Meanwhile, accomplished duo of Shiva Thapa and Sanjeet lived up to expectations by clinching gold medals in their respective weight categories.
Deepak Kumar (51kg), Akash (54kg), Akash (67), Sumit (75kg), Sachin Kumar (80kg), Lakshya (86kg) and Narender (+92kg) also secured gold medals by winning their respective final bouts. All of them are from Services team. All of them, except Shiva, will be competing in their maiden world championships. Reigning Asian champion Sanjeet, also representing Services, outclassed Haryana’s Naveen Kumar by unanimous decision. Seasoned boxer Shiva Thapa of Assam, a bronze medallist at the 2015 world championships and also a five-time Asian medallist, successfully defended his title as he recorded an easy 5-0 win over Dalveer Singh Tomar of Services in the 63.5kg final.
Karnataka’s Nishant Dev also continued his brilliant run at the championships. He blanked Amit Kumar of Daman, Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli to win the 71kg title. Deepak, an Asian championships silver medallist, was adjudged best boxer of the championships for his impressive performance.
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