Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Manipur boxers shine at youth nationals

New Delhi, January 18: Boxers from Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Manipur won their respective bouts to reach the second round of the Youth Men s and Women s National Boxing Championship here on Tuesday.In the men s light flyweight (49kg) division, Tamil Nadu s B. Ramakrishnan defeated Haryana s Nishat Dev 4-1, Punjab s Shubham edged out Manipur s Poonam Singh 3-2, while Barun Singh of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) thrashed Orissa s Santosh Bhoi 5-0.Suraj Soy of Jharkhand, A.K. Rashanzamir of Goa and Uttarakhand s Suraj Singh Mazila also emerged victories in other bouts in the division.In the men s flyweight (52kg) category, Punjab s Gurpreet Singh blanked Karambir Bharti 5-0 and Himachal Pradesh s Ashish Kumar trounced Nagaland s Koyyana Sivakumar by the same margin. Uttarakhand s Pawan Kumar eked out a 3-2 win over Jharkhand s Pawan Kumar.In the men s lightweight (60kg) category, Vishal Sharma of Chandigarh and Md Fejan of Gujarat registered easy 5-0 wins over Gopal Naik of Goa and Ajit Vinod of Kerala respectively. Suresh Kumar of Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal s Pradeep Ghimire registered identical 3-2 wins over Mizoram s C. Vanlalhriatkima and Nagaland s Thengam Khaimnungam respectively.In men s light welterweight (64kg) section, Daman and Diu s Yogesh Kumar, Telagana s C. H. Kishor and Himachal Pradesh s Pankaj Kumar blanked their respective opponents by identical 5-0 margins to enter the second round.In the men s welterweight (69kg) division, West Bengal s Saroj Basnet thrashed Kerala s Sidharth Saju 5-0 while Tamil Nadu s G. Durai Manigandan defeated Assam s Tonmoy Dowarah by the same margin.