Uttarakhand boxers showed their supremacy in the 7th Central India men and women boxing tournament and confirmed their place in the final bout in 12 different weight categories out of the 15 bouts of the tournament in both groups.
On the concluding day of the three-day long tournament, the boxers of five States showed their talent while hundreds of sports lovers witnessed the final bouts and encouraged the boxers. The Central India Men and Women boxing tournament was organised by the organising president Zila Panchayat, Keshar Singh Negi with his own efforts and the expenses were borne by him and his associates, although the Sports department, Uttarakhand Boxing Federation and administration cooperated in the organisation of this national level tournament.
Boxers from Uttarakhand won seven gold medals in the men's and women's categories. Uttarakhand's Hemanti Mehta defeated Rukhsar (Uttar Pradesh) in final bout of 48 Kg category in women, Bahadur Singh (Uttarakhand) snatched gold medal in men's 49 Kg category by defeating Amit Kumar (Delhi).
Sonam (Madhaya Pradesh) defeated Uttarakhand boxer Jyoti Kharyat in 51 kg category in the finals while Uttarakhand boxer Arun Chauhan won gold medal by defeating Satendra Pal (Uttar Predesh) in 56 kg men's category, while Aalia Khan (MP) bagged gold by defeating Jyoti Bora in women's 54 kg category finals.
In women category final in 57 kg class Savitri (Delhi) won gold and Nandani Savita (M.P) silver; in 60 kg Kamla Bisht (Uttarakhand) snatched gold and Khushbu (MP) won silver; in 64 kg Anchal (Uttarakhand) won gold and Renu (Delhi) won silver; in 75 kg Maya ( MP) won gold and Narita (Uttarakhand) won silver.
In the men's final of 64 kg Aakash (UP) won gold and Amit Kumar Singh (Uttarakhand) won silver; in 69 kg Jitendra Singh (Uttarakhand) won gold and Manish Viky (MP) won silver; in 75 kg Arun Kumar (MP) snatched gold and Vishal Singh (Uttarakhand) won silver and in 91 kg Gurupreet Singh ( Delhi) won the gold by defeating Satvendra Singh (U’khand) in technical knockout.
Gaurav Panwar (Delhi) was declared the best male boxer while Hemanti Mehta(Uttarakhand) was adjusted best woman boxer while Neha (Delhi) was declared best loser in women and Vishal Singh (Uttarakhand) best loser in men group. District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar, SP Vimla Gunjyal and others were present in the closing ceremony on Sunday.