Nanao singh, Amandeep singh, Shiva thapa, & Sarita devi march in to semi-finals

Day three and it was time for the quarter final bouts to take place at the Keenan Stadium at Jamshedpur. Just as expected sizzling action is what boxing aficionados got to see at the 34^th National Games.

The matches in both men and women categories got of to a blistering start. It was a walk in the park for Nanao Singh, playing for Manipur, who faced almost no resistance from Madan Rai of Sikkim in the light fly weight section in the men’s draw. The former National and Youth Commonwealth Games champion lead 4:0 in the first round when the referee decided to intervene and stop the bout, resulting in a smooth sailing in to the semi finals for Nanao, where he faces Sandeep of Tripura. “It was an easy outing for me today; I won in the first round itself. I am expecting a tougher fight in the semi final stage though”, he expressed.

Another clash of the day saw 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Amandeep Singh of Punjab register an easy win against Salman Anwar Shaikh representing Maharashtra on points 4:1 in the 49 Kg category. Amandeep now faces Sanjay Kolte of SSCB in the semi finals. Kolte beat Madan Lal of Haryana with a massive margin of 14:1.

In the 56 Kg weight category Shiva Thapa playing for Assam continued his pulverizing streak ousting Nokyoh of Nagaland in round 1 itself. Thapa, a Youth World Boxing Championship silver medalist, playing his first senior tournament was leading 4:0 when the referee intervened to put a halt to the bout.

In the women’s corner, 19 year old Krishna Thapa marched in to the semi-finals of the 48 Kg category crushing her opponent in the first round itself. The referee had to stop the fight as Thapa, representing Madhaya Pradesh, proved too much to handle for Madhusmita Sahoo of Orissa. Thapa dominated the first round 7:0 and was leading 4:0 in the second.

In the same weight category, Vanlal Duati the national champion playing for Tripura continued her good run demolishing Alphonsa Maria Thomas of Kerela on points 15:2. Duati now takes on Monita Devi of Arunachal Pradesh in the semi finals.

Former world and reigning national champion in the 51 Kg weight category, L Sarita Devi of Manipur lived up to her name and thrashed Rebecca Lalinmawii of Mizoram 18:2, booking her place in the semi finals. “I had the physiological advantage going in to the match as I had already defeated her at the national championships last year”, said Sarita after registering her win.

In the light weight category, 19 year old Sagar Tokas, a feisty pugilist from Delhi made and easy entry in to the semi finals registering a win over Meena of Jharkhand on points 10:2.

For more results, kindly refer to the tables provided below:

34th National Games – Men’s Boxing, Day 3 Results (February 21, 2011)
Bout No	Weight Category	Corner	Name	Team Code	Score	Winner
29	Light Fly 49 Kg	RED	SANDEEP	Tripura	10	RED
		BLUE	Amit Kumar Shukla	Jharkhand	8
30	Light Fly 49 Kg	RED	Madan Rai	Sikkim	0	BLUE
		BLUE	Th. Nanao Singh	Manipur	4
31	Light Fly 49 Kg	RED	Salman Anwar Shaikh	Maharashtra	1	BLUE
		BLUE	Amandeep Singh	Punjab	4
32	Light Fly 49 Kg	RED	Madan Lal	Haryana	1	BLUE
		BLUE	Sanjay Kolte	S.S.C.B	14
33	Fly 52 Kg	RED	L Devendro Singh	S.S.C.B	2	BLUE
		BLUE	Gaurav Bidhuri	Delhi	5
34	Fly 52 Kg	RED	Sunil Kumar	Haryana	10	RED
		BLUE	Sunil Sharma	Jharkhand	0
35	Fly 52 Kg	RED	Mukesh Kumar	Chandigarh	5	BLUE
		BLUE	Prakash Darjee	Arunachal Pradesh	10
36	Fly 52 Kg	RED	Debendra Thapa	Orissa	0	BLUE
		BLUE	SantosF Harijan	GOA	10
37	Bantam 56 Kg	RED	Kulwinder Singh	Punjab	3	BLUE
		BLUE	Shiva Thapa	S.S.C.B	9
38	Bantam 56 Kg	RED	Arun Kr. Limbu	Arunachal Pradesh	5	BLUE
		BLUE	Mishal Banjamin Lakra	Jharkhand	11
39	Bantam 56 Kg	RED	Anil Kumar	Bihar	0	BLUE
		BLUE	Bajrang	Haryana	2
40	Bantam 56 Kg	RED	Shiva Thapa	Assam	4	RED
		BLUE	Nokyoh Konyat	Nagaland	0
41	Light 60 Kg	RED	Amit Roy	West Bengal	3	BLUE
		BLUE	V Durga Rao	Karnataka	5
42	Light 60 Kg	RED	Akshay Kumar	Delhi	0	BLUE
		BLUE	Neeraj Goyat	Tripura	1
43	Light 60 Kg	RED	Sandeep	Haryana	2	RED
		BLUE	Diwakar Prasad	Jharkhand	0
44	Light 60 Kg	RED	Ankit Thakur	Himachal Pradesh	2	BLUE
		BLUE	Kulwinder	Kerala	8
45	Light Welter 64 Kg	RED	Santosh Kishore Verma	Goa	2	BLUE
		BLUE	Mayengbam Thomashmetei	Manipur	14
46	Light Welter 64 Kg	RED	M Ravi Kumar	Jharkhand	0	BLUE
		BLUE	Muanpuia	Mizoram	8
47	Light Welter 64 Kg	RED	Baluganesh	Kerala	1	BLUE
		BLUE	Tilak Budha	Arunachal Pradesh	7
48	Light Welter 64 Kg	RED	Jitender Mann	Delhi	1	BLUE
		BLUE	Rakesh Kalaskar	S.S.C.B	13

34th National Games – Women’s Boxing, Day 3 Results (February 21, 2011)
Bout No	Weight Category	Corner	Name	Team Code	Score	Winner
18	Light Fly 48 Kg	RED	Krishna Thapa	Madhya Pradesh	11	RED
		BLUE	Madhusmita Sahoo	Orissa	0
19	Light Fly 48 Kg	RED	DIMPLE BAMRAH	Jharkhand	1	BLUE
		BLUE	Hemanti Mehta	Uttarakhand	7
20	Light Fly 48 Kg	RED	VANLAL DUATI	Tripura	15	RED
		BLUE	ALPHONSA MARIA THOMAS	Kerala	2
21	Light Fly 48 Kg	RED	MONITA DEVI	Arunachal Pradesh	7	RED
		BLUE	Shabana	Delhi	1
22	Fly 51 Kg	RED	L SARITA DEVI	Manipur	18	RED
		BLUE	Rebecca Lalinmawii	Mizoram	2
23	Fly 51 Kg	RED	Vinita Mahar	Uttarakhand	9	RED
		BLUE	RIJUMONI PATAR	Meghalaya	2
24	Fly 51 Kg	RED	A PUNYAVATHI	Andhra Pradesh	17	RED
		BLUE	Ritu Kumari	Jharkhand	1
25	Fly 51 Kg	RED	Pinky Jangra	Haryana	10	RED
		BLUE	N TONIABALA CHANU	Arunachal Pradesh	0
26	Bantam 54 Kg	RED	Dolly Singh	West Bengal	7	RED
		BLUE	LAL BUAT SAIHI	Mizoram	5
27	Bantam 54 Kg	RED	Suman	Haryana	7	RED
		BLUE	Geeta Solanki	Delhi	1
28	Bantam 54 Kg	RED	PRIYANKA KHANDEPARKAR	Goa	11	RED
		BLUE	MAMTA KUMARI PANDA	Orissa	3
29	Bantam 54 Kg	RED	SUSHMA KUMARI	Jharkhand	6	RED
		BLUE	Ph. Sony Chanu	Manipur	2
30	Feather 57 Kg	RED	MANDAKINI CHANN	Jharkhand	18	RED
		BLUE	KAVITA BHATT	Uttar Pradesh	3
31	Feather 57 Kg	RED	PRIYAKA CHAUDHARY	Uttarakhand	8	RED
		BLUE	DOROTHY LALCHHANHIMI	Mizoram	0
32	Feather 57 Kg	RED	Pavitra	Haryana	7	RED
		BLUE	HEMAM CHAOBA DEVI	Manipur	0
33	Feather 57 Kg	RED	Pwilao Basumatary	Assam	7	RED
		BLUE	RINKY SINGH	Andhra Pradesh	3
34	Light 60 Kg	RED	MEENA RANI	Uttar Pradesh	15	RED
		BLUE	Sangeeta Kumari	Uttarakhand	4
35	Light 60 Kg	RED	SAGAR TOKAS	Delhi	10	RED
		BLUE	Meena	Jharkhand	2
36	Light 60 Kg	RED	JIJI VARGHESE	Kerala	2	BLUE
		BLUE	LALRAM NGENI	Mizoram	15
37	Light 60 Kg	RED	LEISHANGTHEM RADIA DEVI	Manipur	0	BLUE
		BLUE	Monica Saun	Punjab	11

Warm Regards

Brig PK Muralidharan Raja

Secretary General

Indian Boxing Federation