The Hindu : Sport / Boxing : Vizag wins team title

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Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004

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Vizag wins team title

VISAKHAPATNAM, OCT. 12. Visakhapatnam won the team title in the 37th junior boys State boxing championship, which concluded here on Sunday night.

It logged 42 points and was followed by Hyderabad (33 points). Visakhapatnam's E.K.V. Prasad won the best boxer prize. S.G. Raju of Hyderabad (light fly) was declared the best loser.

In the second State girls championship, the STC, Visakhapatnam won six out of the eight categories.

The results (all finals):

Junior boys: Light flyweight (48kg): E.K.V. Prasad (VSP) bt K. Chiranjeevi (Hyd.). Fly (51kg): S. Satish Reddy (VSP) bt B. Madhanmohan (Hyd.). Bantam (54kg): P. Praveen Kumar (VSP) bt A. Sudhakar Rao (VZM). Feather (57kg): R. Aneel Kumar (VSP) bt V. Santosh (Nellore). Light (60kg): Sri Ram Kumar (Nel) bt K. Sankar (VSP). Light welter (64kg): M. Ramesh (VSP) bt S. Govindaraju (Hyd.). Welter (69 kg): N. Jayram (Hyd.) bt A. Das (VSP). Middle (75kg): M. Sivakumar (Hyd.) bt T. Kanakaraju (VSP). Light heavy (81kg): D. Santosh (Hyd) bt G. Venukumar (Wgl). Heavy (91kg): Kaptan (Hyd) bt G. Ajaykumar (Nzb). Super heavy (plus 91kg): G.S. Ramakrishna Reddy (VSP) bt P. Ashiq (Kri).

Team championship: 1. Visakhapatnam (42 points), 2. Hyderabad (33). Best boxer: E.K.V. Prasad (Vizag). Best loser: S.G. Raju (Hyd.).

Junior girls: 46kg: V. Achiveni (STC, VSP) bt T. Jayalakshmi (VZM). (48kg): Adhilakshmi (STC, Vizag) bt V. Jayalakshmi (SKLM). (50kg): A. Revathi Lakshmi Kumari (STC, VSP) bt V. Ratnakumari (Nel). (52kg): B. Jyothi (SKLM) bt K. Bhavya (VSP). (54kg): K. Yuvathi (STC, VSP) bt M. Kavya (Nlg). (57 kg): A. Sailaja (STC, VSP) bt P. Goppamma (Nlg). (64kg): G. Sailaja (VSP) bt K. Bharani (EG). (80kg): N. Swapnapriya (STC, VSP) bt Gurbir Minhas (VZM).