PANCHKULA, June 20: Most of the bouts proved to be lackluster affairs on the penultimate day of the 11th Senior and second Sub-Junior North Zone boxing championships which is being held at Yavnika Theatre in Sector 5, Panchkula.In the Sub-Junior category, Vipin of Uttar Pradesh outclassed Kamal of Jammu and Kashmir in the first round to enter the semifinal of the E-3 division.
Dharamvir (Haryana A) and Anil Kumar of PEPSU also scored comfortable victories over their respective opponents to clash in the final of A-7 group in the Sub-Junior section. Dharamvir beat Dharminder of Rajasthan while Anil Kumar outplayed Deepak of Delhi.
However, the quickest bout of the day was between Devender Negi (Chandigarh) and Jahid of Delhi in the Senior group in the feather weight. Devender with swirling left hook knocked his opponent in the 40 seconds of the first round to enter the final.
Results
Sub-Junior: Semifinal: E-3: Vipin (UP) bt Kamal (J&K) RSC OC (first round); Vijay (Delhi) bt Sandeep (Haryana B) on points. E-4: Paramjeet (Chandigarh) bt Dinesh (Delhi) with points; Manish (Haryana A) bt Samir Roy (UP) on points. D-5: Ganesh (Delhi) bt Manoj Malik (Haryana B) with points; Manoj (KRC) bt Pawan (Haryana A) with points. A-7: Dharamvir (Haryana A) bt Dharminder (Rajasthan) with points; Anil Kuamr (PEPSU) bt Deepak (Delhi) on points. A-10: Balwant Singh (KRC) bt Ashok (J&K) with points; Harvinder (Punjab) bt Sunil (Chandigarh) with points. A-11: Rajiv (Chandigarh) bt Balwinder (Punjab) with points; Parveen (Haryana A) bt Yogender (J&K) with points.
Senior: Semifinal: Light fly: Pramod Sharma (Delhi) bt Devender Singh (PEPSU) with points; Ramesh Singh (Chandigarh) bt Sanjeev (UP) with points. Fly: Virender Bist (Haryana B) lost to Ramesh Kumar (PEPSU) with points. Bantam: Atul Siddharth (Rajasthan) bt Mandeep (Chandigarh) with points; Ashok Kumar (Haryana B) bt Sukhdeep Singh (HP) with points. Feather: Jai Prakash (haryana A) bt Sunil Joshi (UP) RSC OC (first round); Devinder Negi (Chandigarh) bt Jahid (Delhi) KO (first round). Light: Kamal Maurya bt Sudhir Kumar (Rajasthan) on points.
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