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Anil outpunches Pradeep

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Twenty-year-old Anil Kumar of Andhra Pradesh outpunched Pradeep of Maharashtra in the preliminary round of the light weight category of the 53rd Senior National boxing championship at Swarnandhra Pradesh indoor stadium (Gachibowli) here on Tuesday.

Anil, two-times sub-junior National champion and a bronze medallist in the junior National, came up with a good left jab and was very light on his feet.

Showing good agility and decent reflexes, this Andhra boxer, a trainee of SAI coach E. Chiranjeevi, got the better of the opponent with a string of heavy blows in the crucial final round to clinch the issue.

The results: Light: Anil Kumar (AP) bt Pradeep (Maha) on points; Noba (Mani) bt Pavan Kumar (Pjb) on pts; K.T.P. Singh (Ser) bt Sanjay (Ori) on pts; Padam (Sikkim) bt Jai Bhagwan (Rlys) RSC - second round; Laldeep (Jhar) bt G.S. Singh (CISF) k/o.; Badal Singh (Chd) bt Ajay (MP) on pts; Amandeep (Maha) bt R. Anil (AP) on pts.

Light fly: M.Nazir (UP) bt Premanand (Jhar) RSC - fourth round; Amit (Har) bt Naveen Kumar (MP) RSC - third round; Amandeep Singh (Police) bt Kamal Kumar (HP) RSC - second round; Pushpak Singh (Pjb) bt Gopal (Maha) on pts; Sonu (Rlys) bt Manmar (WB) on pts; Sanjay Kolte (Ser) bt Vikrant (Dli) on pts; Noram Max (Mani) bt Viswajit (Assam Rifles) on pts; L.C. Nunga (Miz) bt Thoiba (Naga) on pts.

Bantom: S. Gopi (TN) w/o. Sukunta (Ori); N. Vikram (BSF) bt L.china Heema (Miz) on pts; Narjit Singh (Ser) bt S.K. Thapa (Assam Rifles) on pts; Bhupinder Singh (Rlys) bt M. Suresh (AP) on pts; Sugom (Jhar) bt Jitender (UP) RSC; Surender Guna (Raja) bt Purao (Naga) RSC - second round.

Light heavy: Trinadh (AP) bt Joginder Singh (BSF) on pts; Vijay (Rlys) bt Parminder Singh (Pjb) RSC; Vinod (Sikkim) bt Sunil (HP) on pts; Umashankar (WB) bt Jasbir (Dli) on pts; Ram Singh (Police) vs Manoj Kumar (CISF) on pts; Surinder (Arunachal) bt Hazari Lal (Chatt) on pts; Vikas Singh (Chd) bt K.M. Ganesh (TN) on pts; Vinod Kumar (MP) bt B. Sham (Mizo) RSC; Vijay Kishore (Maha) w/o. Abrar Ahmed; S. Pajani (Pondy) w/o. Sandeep (Raja); Jasbir (UP) bt Panbir (Mani) on pts.

Heavy: Akbar (TN) bt Belim Taufik (Guj) k/o.; Manpreet (Ser) bt Rajesh (Megha) RSC - first round; Amandeep (Jhar) bt Madan Kumar (Kar) on pts; Ajay Kumar (Rlys) bt Jaswinder (Police) on pts; Amandeep (Pjb) bt_D.S. Anand (Ker) on pts; Hardeep (Chd) bt Islam Khan (UP) k/o.; Gurpreet (WB) bt Raj Kumar (MP) RSC - second round.

Super heavy: Naveen Rao (Dli) bt V. Rajesh (Naga) RSC; Kaman Singh (Uttaranchal) bt Anand Singh (CISF) on pts; Shahid (WB) bt Anil (Maha) RSC; Rahul (Chatt) bt Eshwar (UP) on pts; Rajinder (Miz) bt Ravinder (J & K) on pts; Balkar Singh (Police) bt Clyde Lobo (Goa) RSC; V. Jhonson (Ser) bt Amandeep (Rlys) on pts; Virender Yadav (AP) w/o. Kaptan Singh (Chd): Paramjit Singh (Har) bt Jagdish Singh (Raja) RSC - first round; Harpal Singh (Assam Rifles) bt Meher Singh (Jhar) on pts.

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