KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Armed Police Force (APF) clinched the title of Second Nationwide Open Boxing Championship held at the Jawlakhel Ground, Lalitpur, on Wednesday. APF won six gold, two silver and a bronze in men´s category and in women´s they took five gold . Devendra Maharjan and Sanju Lama of the same were declared the best male and female players respectively.
In women´s 60 kg final bout, Deepa Chhetri of APF downed Pramila Rai of Jhapa on the basis of points to win the gold. Likewise, Minasa Rai of Nepal Police Club (NPC) and Indu Nagarkoti of Meghdoot bagged away the bronze.
In 57 kg bout, Anuradha Lama of NPC defeated Arati Thapa of Parsa on RSC basis to finish first while Harkamaya Shrestha of Jhapa and Asha Hamal of Kanchanpur finished third. In 54 kg bout, Sanju Lama of APF outplayed Nisha Tamang of APF to take gold while Sunita Nagarkoti of Meghdoot and Silu Dangol of Makawanpur finished third.
In 51 kg bout, Maya Chaudhary of APF outfoxed Rupa Lama of Nepal Yuva Boxing for a gold while Ishwari Basyal and Sapana Thapa of Kaski took bronze. In 48 kg bout, Pramila Pandey of APF beat Suraj Muni of Jhapa for the first spot while Nanja Budha of Rolpa and Susma Saud of Kanchanpur finished third.
In 46 kg bout, Mala Rai of the APF crushed Parvati Giri of Kanchanpur to take gold. Bishnu Suhang of Jhapa and Nisha Gaire of Meghdoot took bronze.
In men´s 81 kg bout, Min Prakash Jora of the APF defeated Deepak Maharjan of Besi Gaun on the basis of injury to secure first position while Ajay Thanet came in third spot. In men´s 91 kg bout, Mahesh KC of the APF got walkover in the final after his opponent Kailash Rai of Dhading was declared medically unfit. Thingle Namgyal of Defense Boxing and Chandra Bahadur Dhital of Nepal Yuva Boxing took bronze.
In 75 kg bout, Ganesh Ram Chaudhary of APF dispatched Uddhab Khatri of the Nepal Army Club (NAC) to secure first position while Bhupendra Bista of the APF-B and Surbindra Bikram Sijapati of Central boxing secure bronze. In 69 kg bout, Devendra Maharjan of the APF beat Kiran Khadka of Tikathali for gold and Deepak Kumar Gupta of Banke and Kumar Khand Thakuri of Nawalparasi secured bronze.
In 64 kg bout, Ratna Bahadur Tamang of the NPC crushed Bikash Bal Lama of the APF to lift the gold while Birendra Singh of Banke and Rajan Budhathoki of Tikathali took bronze. In 60 kg bout, Prakash Basnet of the APF outfoxed Narendra Maharjan of Besigaun to secure first position and Surendra Bahadur Kadayat of the NPC and Manish Sharma of Tikathali secured third spots.
In 57 kg bout, Purna Bahadur Lama of the APF defeated Surendra Karki of Tikathali on injury basis to secure first place while Yogesh Gurung of Dhading and Gopal Shrestha of Rupandehi secured third positions. In 54 kg bout, Puran Rai of the APF and and Suman Lama of Makawanpur took gold and silver respectively.
In 51 kg bout, Laxman Tamang of the APF beat Keshav Gurung of Surkhet in the final and in 48 kg bout, Surendra Darlami of Chitwan and Hasta Bahadur GM of Dang took gold and silver respectively.
The gold, silver and bronze medalists in each category were awarded with a cash prize of Rs 5,000, Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,000 respectively. Altogether, 200 players from 29 different districts participated in the five-day long tournament organized by Lalitpur Boxing Association.
The winners were presented with prizes by Ministry for Tourism Sarat Singh Bhandari, Nepal Olympic Committee president Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, among others.
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