NEW DELHI: The selection trials for Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 were held successfully at the newly renovated airconditioned training hall at NS NIS Patiala from 26 – 28 August 2010.
A total of 44 boxers from the core group participated in these trials. It was the first time that the selection trials were held like a full fledged championship with international referees and judges assisting the seven member selection committee & jury to pick up the best boxers to represent India at CWG 2010 and Asian Games 2010.
The seven member selection committee and jury comprised of Jaslal Pradhan, Arjuna Awardee & Govt nominee, Padam Bahadur Mall, Arjuna Awardee and Asian Games 1962 gold medalist, Mehtab Singh, Arjuna Awardee, Jaipal Singh, Arjuna Awardee, BI Fernandez, foreign expert from Cuba, GS Sandhu, chief national coach and Col PK Muralidharan Raja, Secretary General, Indian Boxing Federation (IBF). Bhupinder Singh, Vice President, IBF was also present.
It was indeed a treat to watch India's top level boxers such as Vijender Singh, Akhil Kumar, Suranjoy Singh, Dinesh Kumar and other famed pugilists in action. The youngsters in the Core Group also proved their worth and gave a clear message to their seniors that they have arrived and will claim their places in the coming months.
Amongst the spectators was German coach Mirko Wolf who has been hired by Videocon for the Indian WSB team. Having witnessed the trials he was full of praise for the wonderful training facilities at NS NIS Patiala and said that it can be compared to the best in the world. He also said that India has the luxury of having more than one boxer of world class standard in each weight category whereas many other countries had to generally make do with just one or two boxers.
He complimented the Indian Boxing Federation's farsightedness and progressive plans which have been responsible for this phenomenal performance. He also remarked that at this rate India could be the next Cuba in Boxing, which was an excellent motivator for the Indian boxers and the coaches who have been toiling in earnest for the past few years. IBF would like to request the ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Sports Authority of India to kindly consider this airconditioned boxing training hall as a prototype of the minimum facility that should be provided for other SAI Centres where the National Boxing Coaching Camps are held.
The selection trials were held in a transparent manner wherein the boxers in each weight category had the opportunity of showing their mettle against the others in their category. Each bout was of full 3 rounds of 3 minutes each and judged with the AIBA approved computerised scoring system as an additional back up for the manual scoring that the selection committee and jury members were keeping track of. All the bouts were captured through a Video Recording so as to replay them and check the performance of the boxers when in doubt.
Indian Boxing Federation is pleased to announce the list of boxers for Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games 2010 as follows:
Commonwealth Games 2010
49 kgs Amandeep Singh RSPB
52 kgs Suranjoy Singh SSCB
56 kgs Akhil Kumar All India Police
60 kgs Jai Bhagawan All India Police
64 kgs Manoj Kumar RSPB
69 kgs Dilbagh Singh RSPB
75 kgs Vijender Singh All India Police
81 kgs Dinesh Kumar All India Police
91 kgs Manpreet Singh SSCB
+91 kgs Paramjit Samota RSPB
Asian Games Guangzhou 2010
49 kgs Amandeep Singh RSPB
52 kgs Suranjoy Singh SSCB
56 kgs Chhote Lal Yadav SSCB
60 kgs Vikas Krishan HAR
64 kgs V Santhosh Kumar SSCB
69 kgs Dilbagh Singh RSPB
75 kgs Vijender Singh All India Police
81 kgs Dinesh Kumar All India Police
91 kgs Manpreet Singh SSCB
+91 kgs Paramjit Samota RSPB
The Indian senior men's boxing team will continue to train at NS NIS Patiala till 15 September 2010 where excellent facilities exist for preparations in a conducive manner and then shift base to Delhi to acclimatize themselves prior to CWG 2010.
Abhay Singh Chautala, President, Indian Boxing Federation and all members take this opportunity of thanking LS Ranawat, Executive Director (Academics), NS NIS Patiala and his entire staff for the extremely positive attitude and support that they have rendered to the Indian boxing team throughout their stay. Not only has excellent facilities been provided in terms of boarding and lodging, training arrangements and the requisite morale boosting support, but the authorities have always gone out of their way to meet any additional requirements projected by the National Campers. The students of the boxing coaching diploma course at NIS led by their chief instructor TL Gupta and other instructors have gone out of their way to provide support to the Indian boxing campers. A special mention is also in order to appreciate the hardwork put in by chief national coach GS Sandhu, special foreign expert from Cuba BI Fernandez and the team of Indian Coaches ( Shiv Singh, Jaydev Bisht, Jagdish Singh, Sub Ramanand, Nb Sub CA Kuttappa and DS Yadav) as also the support staff which includes the team doctor Dr Karanjeet Singh, physiotherapist Hari Shankar Varma and the Masseurs Bismillah Khan and Ankit, without whose hardwork and dedication the above results would not have been possible.
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