Assam boxers win 6 gold in talent hunt competition

Guwahati: As many as six boxers from Assam won gold in the junior and sub-junior categories of the REC National Open Talent Hunt Boxing Championship held in Guwahati, Assam.

The championship - organised by the Assam Amateur Boxing Association (AABA) with support of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) - concluded on Monday.

The final matches of the tournament were held at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) regional centre’s indoor stadium.

In the junior boys’ 70 kg category, Assam’s Sundeep Basumatary bagged gold by defeating fellow state boxer Arnab Baruah.

In the junior girls’ category, Assam’s Hema Narzary in 60 kg and Loniliza Mili in the 70 kg categories played in the finals but had to settle for silver after being defeated.

However, Assam’s girls’ team secured four gold medals in the sub-junior category.

In the 33 kg final, Riddhika Bhandari defeated fellow state boxer Pranamika Das, while Spuddha Dikshita Parashar claimed gold in the 35 kg category.

On the other hand, Konkanai won gold in the 52 kg category and Nehai emerged victorious in the 58 kg category to win gold.

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Shini Hazarika (43 kg), Trisha Pegu (55 kg) and Sangita Sonowal (58 kg) played in the finals but had to settle for silver.

In the sub-junior boys’ category, Abhigyan Bora won gold in the 33 kg division, while Abhiyan Boro had to settle for silver after losing in the final of the 33 kg category.

In the junior boys’ and girls’ categories, several Assam boxers won bronze after losing in the semifinals.

They include Dipankar Das, Rangdha Patgiri, Sunena Akhtar, Suman Devi, Kum Kum Bora, Kasturi Patar, Kuki and Pratistha.

Assam won a total of 38 medals in the junior and sub-junior categories including, six gold, eight silver and 24 bronze.

Earlier, in the elite and youth categories, Assam won 16 medals, including two gold, six silver and eight bronze.