Services Sports Control Board boxers shine at 5th Junior Boxing Nationals

ITANAGAR: Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) boxers dominated the 5th Junior Boys National Boxing Championships by claiming eight of the 13 gold medals on offer even as hosts Arunachal Pradesh ended up with a best ever finish of one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the Don Bosco campus here on Friday.

The SSCB side was adjudged the “Best Team” of the tournament while Arunachal Pradesh was awarded with the “Best Fair Play” team.

Nenthok Hodong (54kg) claimed the lone gold medal for the home state while Techi Jacky (46kg), Gaykie Rie (52kg) and Tagio Liyak (57kg) cliamed silver medals after going down to their respective opponents.

For the SSCB side, Mahesh (48kg), Divash Katare (50kg), Sahil Baord (52kg), M Kabiraj Singh (63kg), Rahul Kundu (70kg), Sahil (75kg), Hardik Panwar (80kg) and Hemant Sangwan (80+kg) topped the podium.

Manipur’s M Punshiba (60kg), Mizoram’s Lalnunpuia (66kg), Haryana’s Yogesh Dhanda (57kg) and Uttarakhand’s Brijesh Tamta (46kg) were the other gold medallists of the tournament.

Arunachal’s Nenthok Hodong was eventually adjudged the “Best Boxer” of the competition.

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