State eves in national boxing team
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 12 2013:
State pugilists K Pravish Chanu (57 kg) and LD Ningthing (46 kg) have been included in the Indian women boxing team for the 1st Sub Junior World Boxing Championship from September 20 at Bulgaria, informed Manipur Amateur Boxing association.
NEW DELHI: Indian boxers Aditya Maan (66kg) and Ashish (63kg) made their way into the quarterfinals of the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships with contrasting wins in the last-16 stage of the event in Kiev, Ukraine.
But it was disappointment for 2013 Junior Asian Championship bronze-medallist Vishnu Dayanand Chayal (57kg) -- the third Indian to have made a place in the pre-quarters of the championship -- as he ended up on the losing side.