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BOXING<br />
Boxing, another popular sport, especially in the<br />
North East, was witnessed by packed houses at the<br />
SAI NEHU Centre in Shillong from 11th to 16th<br />
February 2016. The sport witnessed keen contest<br />
in light fly (46-49 kg), fly (52kg), bantam (56kg),<br />
light (60kg), light welter (64kg), welter (69kg) and<br />
middle (75kg) weight categories in men and fly<br />
(45-51kg), light (57-60kg) and middle (69-75kg)<br />
weight categories in women i.e. a total of 10 Medal<br />
events across men and women. A total of 66<br />
athletes participated in the sport with 49 men and<br />
17 women along with 41 team officials.<br />
Even though, hosts India cleaned up all the 10<br />
Gold medals on offer, the event witnessed some<br />
keenly contested bouts with Sri Lanka finishing<br />
second with 5 Silver medals and 4 Bronze medals<br />
and Pakistan finishing third with 4 Silver and 2<br />
Bronze. The highlight of the sport was the nail<br />
biting light fly weight<br />
category behind Ace Indian Boxer Devendro Singh<br />
and Pakistan’s Mohibullah with Devendro coming<br />
out on top with a 2-1 score line. The event also<br />
marked the return to action of boxing Champions<br />
Mary Kom and Sarita Devi, who went on to win<br />
golds in their respective category and used the<br />
event to prepare themselves for the boxing events<br />
in the lead up to the Rio Olympics. The boxing<br />
event of the 12th South Asian Games will also<br />
be remembered on account of Pakistan’s female<br />
boxers who made their debut on the international<br />
stage and returned home with two Bronze medals.<br />
The enthralling boxing bouts were successfully<br />
managed by 18 ITOs, 32 NTOs and Competition<br />
Director Shri Lenny Digama.<br />
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12 th SOUTH ASIAN GAMES | POST GAMES REPORT
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