INDIAN BOXING FEDERATION ANNOUNCES TEAM LIST FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 AND ASIAN GAMES 2010
Lanky
The Selection Trials for Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 were held successfully at the newly renovated Airconditioned Training Hall at NS NIS Patiala from 26 – 28 August 2010. A total of 44 boxers from the Core Group participated in these Trials. It was the first time that the Selection Trials were held like a full fledged Championship with International Referees & Judges assisting the Seven member Selection Committee & Jury to pick up the best boxers to represent India at CWG 2010 and Asian Games 2010.
The Seven member Selection Committee & Jury comprised of Mr Jaslal Pradhan, Arjuna Awardee & Govt Nominee, Mr Padam Bahadur Mall, Arjuna Awardee & Asian Games 1962 Gold Medalist, Mr Mehtab Singh, Arjuna Awardee, Mr Jaipal Singh, Arjuna Awardee, Mr BI Fernandez, Foreign Expert from Cuba, Mr GS Sandhu, Chief National Coach and Col PK Muralidharan Raja, Secretary General, Indian Boxing Federation (IBF). Mr Bhupinder Singh, Vice President, IBF was also present.
It was indeed a treat to watch India’s top level boxers such as Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar,
Suranjoy Singh, Dinesh Kumar and other famed pugilists in action. The youngsters in the Core Group also proved their worth and gave a clear message to their seniors that they have arrived and will claim their places in the coming months. Amongst the spectators was German Coach Mirko Wolf who has been hired by Videocon for the Indian WSB Team. Having witnessed the trials he was full of praise for the wonderful training facilities at NS NIS Patiala and said that it can be compared to the best in the world. He also said that India has the luxury of having more than one boxer of world class standard in each weight category whereas many other countries had to generally make do with just one or two boxers. He complimented the Indian Boxing Federation’s farsightedness and progressive plans which have been responsible for this phenomenal performance. He also remarked that at this rate India could be the next Cuba in Boxing,
which was an excellent motivator for the Indian Boxers and the Coaches who have been toiling in earnest for the past few years. IBF would like to request the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Sports Authority of India to kindly consider this Airconditioned Boxing Training Hall as a prototype of the minimum facility that should be provided for other SAI Centres where the National Boxing Coaching Camps are held.
The selection trials were held in a transparent manner wherein the boxers in each weight category had the opportunity of showing their mettle against the others in their category. Each bout was of full 3 rounds of 3 minutes each and judged with the AIBA approved Computerised Scoring System as an additional back up for the manual scoring that the Selection Committee & Jury members were keeping track of. All the bouts were captured through a Video Recording so as to replay them and check the performance of the boxers when in doubt. The following criteria was followed while selecting the boxers for the CWG 2010 and Asian Games 2010:
a) Previous performances at major International Competitions and National Championships.
b) Performances during National Coaching Camps.
c) Performance during Selection Trials from 26 – 28 Aug 2010.
d) Maturity and experience of boxers to win medals at International Boxing Competitions.
Indian Boxing Federation is pleased to announce the list of boxers for Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games 2010 as follows:
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010
· 49 kgs Amandeep Singh RSPB
· 52 kgs Suranjoy Singh SSCB
· 56 kgs Akhil Kumar All India Police
· 60 kgs Jai Bhagawan All India Police
· 64 kgs Manoj Kumar RSPB
· 69 kgs Dilbagh Singh RSPB
· 75 kgs Vijender Singh All India Police
· 81 kgs Dinesh Kumar All India Police
· 91 kgs Manpreet Singh SSCB
· +91 kgs Paramjit Samota RSPB
ASIAN GAMES GUANGZHOU 2010
· 49 kgs Amandeep Singh RSPB
· 52 kgs Suranjoy Singh SSCB
· 56 kgs Chhote Lal Yadav SSCB
· 60 kgs Vikas Krishan HAR
· 64 kgs V Santhosh Kumar SSCB
· 69 kgs Dilbagh Singh RSPB
· 75 kgs Vijender Singh All India Police
· 81 kgs Dinesh Kumar All India Police
· 91 kgs Manpreet Singh SSCB
· +91 kgs Paramjit Samota RSPB
The Indian Senior Men’s Boxing Team will continue to train at NS NIS Patiala till 15 September 2010 where excellent facilities exist for preparations in a conducive manner and then shift base to Delhi to acclimatize themselves prior to CWG 2010.
Please find attached separately as another email, a few action photos of the selection trials and also a photograph of the newly renovated Boxing Training Hall at NIS Patiala. It was indeed a pleasure to hear from the boxers that after their daily training sessions, majority of them stay on inside the Airconditioned Hall with piped music to carry out individual cooling down and their own workouts and they get fully charged up due to the wonderful aesthetics and ambience inside the hall.
Mr Abhay Singh Chautala, President, Indian Boxing Federation and all members take this opportunity of thanking Mr LS Ranawat, Executive Director (Academics), NS NIS Patiala and his entire staff for the extremely positive attitude and support that they have rendered to the Indian Boxing Team throughout their stay. Not only has excellent facilities been provided in terms of boarding & lodging, training arrangements and the requisite morale boosting support, but the authorities have always gone out of their way to meet any additional requirements projected by the National Campers. The students of the Boxing Coaching Diploma Course at NIS led by their Chief Instructor Mr TL Gupta and other Instructors have gone out of their way to provide support to the Indian Boxing Campers. A special mention is also in order to appreciate the hardwork put in by Chief National Coach Mr GS Sandhu, Special Foreign Expert from Cuba Mr BI Fernandez and the team of Indian Coaches (Mr Shiv Singh, Mr Jaydev Bisht, Mr Jagdish Singh, Sub Ramanand, Nb Sub CA Kuttappa and Mr DS Yadav) as also the support staff which includes the Team Doctor Dr Karanjeet Singh, Physiotherapist Mr Hari Shankar Varma and the Masseurs Mr Bismillah Khan & Mr Ankit, without whose hardwork and dedication the above results would not have been possible.
Wishing Team India the very best of luck for wonderful performances at CWG 2010 and Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 and hoping that they make India proud with a rich haul of medals!
SHIVA
THAPA THRASHES BRITISH BOXER TO ENTER
THE FINALS OF YOUTH OLYMPIC BOXING AT
SINGAPORE
Lanky
Shiva Thapa who hails from Guwahati,
Assam and is trained at the Army Sports
Institute, Pune under National Coach
Hony Capt G Manoharan, entered the finals
of the 1st Youth Olympic Games at Singapore
by comprehensively defeating Zack Davies
of Great Britain Boxing on points 14:4.
Although the Welsh Boxer had the height
advantage over Shiva Thapa, it was the
lethal combination of the Indian Boxer’s
deft left hooks and right straight punches
which gave Thapa a solid lead of 5:1
pts at the end of 1st Round. In the
2nd Round Shiva attacked relentlessly
and increased his lead to 10:3 pts.
In the 3rd and final round, Shiva Thapa
was confidence personified as he danced
his way to win the bout at 14:4 pts.
Shiva Thapa thanked his Coach G Manoharan
for training him tactically and also
giving him sound advice to change strategy
depending upon the opponent. Shiva who
had sustained an injury in his wrist
during the world Youth Championships
at Baku wherein he had to settle for
the Silver, said that he has fully recovered
from that pain. He is now being provided
Medical Cover by the Team Doctor Dr
TK Tamta who is the Secretary of the
IABF Medical Commission and encouraged
by his Asst Coach Sub Maj BB Mohanty
also of Army Sports Institute, Pune.
His opponent in the finals will be decided
in the evening in the second semifinal
of this weight category. India’s Vikas
Krishan will face Petrauskas Evaldas
of Lithuania in the semifinals of 60
kgs in the evening.
MUMBAI:
The Indian Boxing Federation and its
marketing partner Percept have launched
Fight Night, India’s first ever indoor
boxing bouts between top Indian and
international boxers to be held all
over the country at periodic intervals.
Monnet Ispat & Energy has signed a $1
million three-year deal with the Indian
Boxing Federation to become the team
and kit sponsor. Fight Night will also
be brought in association with Monnet
Ispat to celebrate the signing of the
Indian team sponsorship, which covers
the entire Indian team, mens senior,
junior and sub junior teams along with
the women’s senior, junior and sub junior
teams. The platform of Fight Night showcases
a mix of boxing with live entertainment
combined with a premium experience for
the audience.
Though this concept is largely practiced
in US and Europe, Indians will experience
it for the first time in a very big
way. Percept plans to organise the fight
night bouts in various places all over
the country at regular intervals. The
idea is to create a big buzz two weeks
before every Fight Night with sponsors
rolling out multimedia campaigns and
the boxers making appearances at various
high traffic locations. Hoardings, billboards
& cut outs of the competing boxers of
the forthcoming bouts will be showcased
at different places. Commenting on the
initiative, Percept Jt. MD Shailendra
Singh said, "A large populous nation
such as India cannot thrive on a single
sport. The quick fire quotient present
in the sport of Boxing provides a perfect
alternative sport for our audiences.
Fight Night will provide the ideal fast
paced sporting entertainment option
that today's audiences crave for." In
a bid to make boxing and Fight Night
a common man’s sport and a family outing,
Percept also plans to have interactive
contests woven around it. Matches will
also be played at high footfall venues
like malls, multiplexes, discos, clubs,
open grounds, college campuses, amusement
& theme parks etc. Fight Night will
have top Indian boxers competing with
international boxers in a form of an
exhibition bout and winners will be
awarded with trophies and citations.
One key element of boxing as a sport
is that it actually is ideally suited
for the modern lifestyle and is shorter
than even a T 20 cricket match with
bouts lasting for 15 minutes at best.
Monnet Ispat executive vice-chairman
and MD Sandeep Jajodia said, “Boxing
for Monnet makes a lot of sense from
two perspectives - from a sports lover’s
perspective the boxers have been delivering
consistently over the past few years
and now with this I hope it pushes them
to the next level in getting more glory
for the country.
From a point of view of the values –
both the sport and our primary product
– steel have the same values of strength,
resilience and the resolve to withstand
any ‘punch’ that is thrown." Said IBF
president Abhay Singh Chautala, “I am
extremely happy and thrilled at the
support boxing is getting in the form
of sponsorship that Monnet Group and
Mr Sandeep Jajodia are providing to
IBF. This is a sign of good work that
we have been trying to do, this was
just the right boost that we needed
to keep working much harder into making
our boxers the world beaters that they
already are on their way of becoming.
We thank our partners Percept for making
this happen and look forward to work
with Monnet Group towards taking Indian
boxing to newer successes.”
Indian
Boxing Federation plans to bid for the
Asian pre Olympic qualifying boxing
tournament in 2011
Buoyed
by the resounding success in the conduct
of the XXX Energy Drink 5th Commonwealth
Boxing Championships at Talkatora Stadium,
New Delhi from March 10 -18, 2010 and
the outstanding performances of the
Indian Boxers in winning six Gold Medals
as well as accolades that are pouring
in from all the participating countries
and their officials, the Indian Boxing
Federation has decide to submit its
bid to the Asian Boxing Confederation
for the Asian Pre Olympic Qualifying
Tournament to be held in 2011. Indian
Boxing Federation (IBF) also plans to
study the feasibility of organising
one major International Boxing Tournament
every year starting from 2011 which
will have AIBA 3 Star /2 Star Rating,
so that top Boxing Nations of the World
can be invited to participate. Considering
the tremendous support that IBF has
received from the Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports and the Sports Authority
of India in not only organising the
Commonwealth Boxing Championships successfully
from March 10 – 18, 2010, but also by
being the Boxing Federation’s biggest
sponsor in terms of organising National
Coaching Camps virtually throughout
the year for Men & Women in Senior,
Junior and Sub Junior category as well
as providing sufficient foreign exposures
as well as Boxing Training Equipment
which includes Boxing Gloves, Headguards,
Boxing Rings etc to our teams as per
the approved Long Term Development Plan
and additional foreign exposures by
the Jt Secretary (ISD) in preparation
for Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian
Games 2010, there is no reason as to
why Indian Boxing should not continue
scaling hieghts which were earlier termed
as impossible. Incidentally, what many
people do not know is that literally
all the boxers of the Indian Contingent
in the Commonwealth Boxing Championships
starting from the Stars Vijender Singh
and Akhil Kumar to the freshers in the
team were Sports Authority of India
(SAI) Trainees under various schemes
be it SAI Hostel Bhiwani or SAI Imphal
or other SAI Centres in India. Indian
Boxing Federation is fortunate to have
teamed up with ‘Percept’ as its Marketing
Partner, who had left no stone unturned
to ensure that the Commonwealth Boxing
Championships held at Talkatora Stadium
last week were a grand success. The
dynamic leadership of Mr Shailender
Singh, the Managing Director of ‘Percept’
was evident in all activities undertaken
by his team during the Championships.
IBF is positive that with the support
of ‘Percept’, India will be able to
prepare a winning bid to the Asian Boxing
Confederation (ASBC) so that the Pre
Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2011 is
allotted to India. A special word of
thanks to NDMC and specially its Chairman
Mr Parimal Rai for the fantastic Talkatora
Stadium which is really world class
and was appreciated by all the participant
Boxers, Coaches, Managers, Referees
/ Judges, Jury Members and the Technical
Delegate Mr Pat McCrory from Ireland.
The NDMC Staff be it Mr Anand Tiwari,
Mr Gulati or Mr RK Sharma and their
dedicated team of workers toiled in
earnest night and day, to provide excellent
facilities for the Commonwealth Boxing
Championships. The security personnel
which included Delhi Police as well
as other agencies who supported them
by providing security cover round the
clock, did their jobs meticulously,
ably led by Mr JK Sharma, IPS, Jt Commissioner
of Police (Commonwealth Games Planning)
and Mr Amit Roy, Addl Dy Commissioner
of Police, North East District, Delhi
who was the local Force Commander at
Talkatora Stadium. As the 5th Commonwealth
Boxing Championships was also adopted
as a Test Event by the Organising Committee,
Commonwealth Games 2010, whole hearted
support was extended by Mr Suresh Kalmadi,
MP, Chairman CWG D2010 as well as Mr
ASV Prasad, Jt DG (Sports) and his team
from various Functional Areas to make
the event a great success. Many other
agencies such as Doctors from Ram Manohar
Lohia Hospital, Dope Control Organisation
of CWG OC, Delhi Transport Corporation
etc came forward voluntarily and worked
sincerely day-in and day-out for the
success of the Championships. IBF and
Percept take this opportunity of thanking
the Title Sponsors XXX Energy Drink
and other Associate Sponsors such as
DLF, ONGC, Siyarams, Reebok etc who
sponsored this Championship. Their help
was instrumental in meeting various
expenses involved in the conduct of
the Championships. The Press & Media
(Electronic and Print) played a major
role in giving due importance to the
XXX Energy Drink 5th Commonwealth Boxing
Championships in their respective TV
Channels, Newspapers, Magazines etc
despite the fact that events such as
IPL Cricket, World Cup Hockey etc were
were being organised simultaneously.
The tremendous media support ensured
that the boxers converted their chances
into six Gold Medals at the Championships
and thus annexed the Team Championship
Trophy by pushing Team England to the
Second spot. Special mention needs to
be made about the manner in which Doordarshan
covered the whole Event Live from 12
March – 17 March 2010. Our sincere thanks
to Director General, Doordarshan, Mrs
Aruna Sharma, IAS and Mr Anand Syal,
Dy Director (Sports), Doordarshan for
the excellent coverage of the complete
Commonwealth Boxing Championships right
from day one till the end of the ceremonies
on the final day. The boxing fans of
India have sent their appreciation through
emails and phone calls about the good
job done by DD Sports! Last but not
the least, the contribution made by
the Members of the Indian Boxing Federation
starting from the Office bearers of
IBF to State Presidents / Secretaries
/ Coaches / Boxers was stupendous. Each
and every one of them worked hard day-in
and day-out for the success of the Commonwealth
Championships. Dr Nirmolak Singh, Chairman
Medical Commission and his Team of Doctors
including Dope Control Cell, functioned
efficiently during the Championship.
Competition Manager Mr Lenny D’Gama
supported by Venue Manager (Sports)
Mr SR Singh pulled of a flawless and
technically sound Commonwealth Boxing
Championship with the support of National
Technical Officials who had come in
from all over the Country as well as
the Volunteers who were selected for
this event as well the CWG 2010. These
Volunteers who were at the stadium as
well as Liaison Officers (LOs) to the
Teams / Jury Members became an integral
part of the Championships that many
of the participating countries have
written to me stating that they would
prefer to have the same LOs for the
main Commonwealth Games in 2010. The
contribution of Mr Rakesh Thakran as
Secretary (Admin.) IBF, Lt Col AS Dagar
(Retd), Executive Director, IBF, Mr
Narottam Singh Rawat, Director, International
Relations IBF, Mr Rajkumar and the office
staff of IBF . Chief National Coach
Mr GS Sandhu and his team of coaches
and support staff have conveyed their
sentiments that if the Indian Public
and spectators continue to support Indian
Boxers and Indian Boxing , the day is
not far when a large number of Indian
Pugilists will mount the Olympic Podium
and win accolades for the Country!!!
Asian
Youth Boxing at Tehran : Nine Boxers
enter medal round
ndian Youth Boxers
ruled the Ring at Tehran, Iran and
nine of them entered into the medal
round (semi finals). Devendro Singh
(48 kgs), Srinivas Surbetti (51 kgs),
and Vikas Kishan(60 kgs) who won their
quarterfinal bouts yesterday (report
sent to you all yesterday) have got
into the semifinals. In
today’s quarterfinals, barring
Shiva Thapa (54 kgs) who faced a local
opponent, all the others won and moved
into the semifinals. Todays results
are:
54 kgs Shiva
Thapa lost to Ehsan Sepahvand (Iran)
on pts 0:6.
In addition to
the above, Naveen Kumar (81 kgs) who
had earlier won his quarterfinals,
also moved into the semifinals. Manoj
Kumar (91 kgs) and Rajat Kaliraman
(+91 kgs) got byes and move directly
into semifinals. Thus Indian Boxers
in 9 wt cats advanced into the semifinals
and are hoping for a place in the
finals. All the semifinals are scheduled
to be held on 09 March 2010.
Magnificant
Mary and Intelligent Kavita win golds
for India at Asian Indoor Games
World
Champion Mary Kom was simply magnificent
today when she defeated local favourite
Hoa Nguyen Thi of Vietnam by a very
narrow margin of 8:6 pts. Mary used
her experience and ring craft to carve
out a superb win in front of the vociferous
Vietnamese home crowd which was rooting
for its boxer with drums and bugles
and all sorts of musical instruments.
Right from the start of the bout till
it ended, Mary was leading by a solitary
pt. At the end of Round 1 the score
was 1:0 and after Round 2 it was 3:2.
Round 3 ended with the score reading
6:5 and Mary increased the lead in Round
4 to win by 8:6 pts. Although the Vietnamese
boxer had age in her favour and hieght
advantage, it was Mary with her crisp
straight punches and sharp jabs while
side stepping who dominated the proceedings
all through.
The AIBA
Women s Commission conferred an ‘AIBA
Special Award on Mary Kom for her
outstanding contribution to boxing.
The Award was presented by Mrs Nieva
Embuldeniya from Sri Lanka, the Technical
Delegate of this Championship and
also the AIBA Executive Committee
Member from Asia. In the 51 kgs finals,
Sarita Devi was not her usual self
and was humbled by Qin Zhang of China
by a score of 9:7 pts. Round 1 ended
with a 0:0 score while it was 1:2
pts in favour of the Chinese boxer
at theend of Round 2. After Round
3 Sarita was leading by 5:4 pts but
the Chinese boxer shifted gears in
the fourth Round to take a decisve
lead and win the bout by 9:7 pts.
Sarita Devi thus got the Silver Medal.
In the 57 kgs, N Usha was not her
ebullient self as she lost a very
close bout to Peamwilai Laopeam of
Thailand. At the end of Round 1 Usha
had the lead with a score of 1:0 pts.
But at the end of Round 2 the score
was level at 1:1 pts. At the end of
Round 3 the Thai boxer increased the
lead to 3:1 pts. In Round 4 Usha could
only reduce the deficit by 1 pt and
the final score was in the Thai s
favour at 3:2 pts. Thus Usha received
a Silver Medal.
In the 64
kgs, Kavita Goyat surpassed everyone
s expectations and played intelligently
to win against Khassenova Saida of
Kazakhstan. At the end of Round 1,
Kavita was ahead by 2:0 pts. At the
end of Round 2 it was 4:2 pts and
after Round 3 it narrowed down to
5:4 pts. However Kavita used her superior
height advantage and played gustily
to notch up 3 valuable points and
finish the final Round with a score
of 8:4 pts.
A Group Photograph
of the Indian Team is attached alongwith
a few photos of Gold Medalists: Standing
(left to right) Bhaskar C Bhatt (Team
Coach), Dr Sanjogita Soodan (Doctor),
Kavita Goyat (Gold Medal), Mary Kom
(Gold Medal), Delilah (Physiotherapist),
Jaslal Pradhan (Manager), Col PK Muralidharan
Raja (Secretary General, IBF and Chairman
of Jury), Anoop Kumar (National Coach
Women), Gauri Vaidya (Referee &
Judge), Kneeling (left to right) Chhoto
Loura (Bronze Medal), Sarita Devi
(Silver Medal), N Usha (Silver Medal).
