2nd Youth National Boxing : Naothoi finishes second to win silver
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 30 2018:
Kongkham Naothoi who cruise into final beating Shidhart of Delhi had to settle with a silver medal as he went down fighting by 2-3 points to Bhavesh Kattimani of SSCB in the 52 kg final bout at 2nd Youth Men and Women National Boxing Championship 2018 organised at National Boxing Academy (NBA), Rohtak under the aegis of Boxing Federation of India.
Leitanthem Donoi and Mayengbam Puja from Manipur finished their campaign at the championship with bronze medals yesterday.
M Shyamchandra Singh and L Sunilkumar Singh led the State team as team coach and team manager.
Following their good performances in the championship, 6 boxers (3 men and 3 women) from Manipur have been selected for the Youth Men and Women National Boxing Camp which will be conducted at the same championship venue from April 1 to July 24 for the preparation of ASBC Asian Boxing Championship to be held from April 18 to 28, AIBA Youth Men's and Women's World Boxing Championship and other international championships.
The name of the boxer selected for the National camp are: K Naothoi Singh, Myson Moirangthem (60 kg), L Donoi Meitei (75 kg), M Puja Devi (51 kg), Ksh Tilotama Devi (60 kg) and N Menaka Devi (69 kg) .