Chandigarh, UP boxers make strong start at 5th Youth Men’s & Women’s Nationals

Chennai, July 7 : Led by the 2021 Asian Junior champion Rohit Chamoli, four Chandigarh boxers registered comprehensive victories on the opening day of the 5th Youth Mens and Womens National Boxing Championships here.

Rohit beat Chhattisgarhs Tushar Dhruw quite comfortably by 5-0 margin in a lopsided mens 51kg opening round contest.

Besides Rohit, Ashish Kumar, Neha and Parineeta Sheoran also produced dominating performances to complete easy wins.While Ashish (75kg) and Neha (54kg) claimed Referee Stopping Contest (RSC) victories against Orissas Jayprakash Sanapati and Jharkhands Naina Kachhap respectively, Parineeta outpunched Madhya Pradeshs Luxmi by unanimous decision in the womens 48kg.

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh pugilists also had impressive outings on the Day 1.The current junior national champion Devika Ghorpade led Maharashtras domination with RSC win over Keralas Anatte Thomas in the womens 52kg.Janhavi Churi (48kg) also moved into the second round with a convincing 5-0 over Manipurs Venika Yumnam.

Simran Verma (50kg) and Niraj Rajbhar (54kg) were the other two Maharashtra boxers to make progress after winning by RSC margins against Assams Mary Moran and Keralas Muhammed Fahil respectively in the womens and mens category.Meanwhile seven boxers from Uttar Pradesh, including three women, began their campaigns on winning note.

Kusum (50kg) and Shraddha (63kg) notched up RSC wins against their respective opponents from Telangana, Ashiwin Kulkarni and Vennela Gandamalla.Whereas, Varsha Singh got the better of Maharashtras Swapna Chavan 4-1 in the womens 54kg bout.

Bhupendra Kumar (51kg), Rohit Yadav (57kg), Sumit Singh Dhakare (75kg) and Rockey Chaudhary (80kg) made winning starts for Uttar Pradesh in the mens section.Sanjana (48kg), Dolly (52kg) and Siya (54kg) were the three Delhi boxers who progressed into the next round with contrasting wins.

Siya and Sanjana secured easy 5-0 and RSC wins against Karnatakas Anupriya A and Syeda Salma Jahan of Telangana respectively.On the other hand, Dolly had to work hard in a thrilling 3-2 win against Tamil Nadus Madhumitha H.cs/inj #Chandigarh #boxers #Womens #Nationals #Telugu #TeluguStop #Telangana #Delhi #Chennai #Tamil #Kollywood #Kerala #Malayalam #Mollywood #Upendra #Devika #Madhumitha #Swapna #Neha # Devika # Madhumitha # Priya # Simran # Swapna #Telangana #Delhi #Chandigarh #Maharashtra #Chennai #Telangana #Uttar Pradesh .