3rd Elite Men’s Boxing National Championship from Oct.27 at Pune

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New Delhi : Army Sports Institute, Pune, under the aegis of Services Sports Control Board is conducting the 3^rd Elite Men’s Boxing National Championship on behalf of Boxing Federation of India from October 27 to November 2, 2018. The competition will involve participation of nearly 360 Boxers in Men’s Category from 36 teams of various States/Services or equivalent State Federations. The venue is Army Sports Institute, Mundwa Road, Ghorpadi, Pune.

This Championship will be conducted for all ten Weight Categories. Boxing Federation of India will be short listing boxers for National Camps and next year’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments on the basis of their performance at this championship.. Olympian Shiva Thapa (Asian games and Commonwealth games medallist, Arjuna Awardee), Subedar Satish Kumar (Commonwealth 2018 Silver Medallist and Arjuna Awardee 2018), Naib Subedar Manish Kaushik (Commonwealth 2018 Silver Medallist), Naman Tanwar (Commonwealth 2018 Bronze Medallist) and Gaurav Biduri (Senior World Championship Bronze Medallist) are some of the top boxers who will be participating at this National Boxing Championship.

The Semi Final and Final bouts are scheduled for 01 November 1 and November 2, 2018 respectively. There will be a medal distribution ceremony for the winners on November 2 followed by the closing ceremony., according to a PIB release