Ban is one-sided decision: Ksh Thoiba
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 04 2014 :
The International boxing body AIBA should lift the restriction imposed on Manipuri woman boxer Laishram Sarita to enable her to continue her sports career, said Ksh Thoiba Singh, Olympian in a conversation with this Daily.
Saying that the ban on a world champion costs the whole nation, Ksh Thoiba maintained that 'time has come for the boxing authority to alter the judgment system in boxing event'.
Such controversy in judgment in this modern world is unfortunate, said the Hockey Olympian, while adding that Indian Olympic Council should also put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to remove the restriction on Sarita imposed by the AIBA.
Giving his comments on the present controversy over the woman boxer, Thoiba who is also the President of Manipur Hockey termed the ban imposed on Sarita as one-sided decision of AIBA.
He also demanded that the International boxing body should find out investigate the incident and find out whether it was the Judges or the Boxer Sarita who committed the mistake.
Expressing dissatisfaction as a sportsman, Thoiba asked, 'why actions have been taken against Sarita only, while the judges are let free ?' He appealed to the concerned authority to lift the ban to enable Sarita to bring feats for the nation.