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Mary Kom, Manish Kaushik set for aggressive motion after one 12 months at Boxam International

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The celebrated M C Mary Kom might be seen in motion for the primary time since qualifying for the Olympic Games final 12 months in March when the veteran, together with eight different Tokyo-bound boxers, compete in subsequent month’s Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain.
The 37-year-old flyweight boxer, who’s a six-time world champion, final competed on the Asian Olympic qualifiers in Jordan in March final 12 months. The match in Spain is scheduled to be held from March 1 to 7.

She was laid low by dengue late final 12 months and joined the nationwide camp in Bengaluru solely final month.
Also returning to aggressive motion on the similar occasion could be Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg) after recovering from a knee damage.
World Championship silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg), who gained gold within the recently-concluded Cologne World Cup in Germany, can even compete on the Spanish occasion.
Joining him within the occasion could be Hussamuddin Mohammed (57 kg), Vikas Krishan Yadav (69 kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg), Sumit Sangwan (81kg), Sanjeet (91kg) and Satish Kumar (+91 kg).

Of these, Amit, Vikas, Ashish, Satish and Manish have certified for the Tokyo Games. Asian Games gold medallist Vikas is coming back from a professional boxing stint within the US the place he couldn’t participate in any aggressive bout due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the ladies, a brand new face in Jasmine will struggle within the 57kg class alongside Asian Championship bronze-medallist Manisha Moun.
Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) — all of who’re certain for Tokyo — are the opposite Indian girls boxers named for the occasion in Spain.
Apart from this, 12 different pugilists will compete on the 72nd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament scheduled from February 21-28. In the boys’s class, Asian medallists Deepak (52Kg) and Kavinder Singh Bisht (57Kg) will lead the cost alongside Naveen Boora (69Kg), Ankit Khatana (75Kg), Sachin Kumar (81Kg), Naveen Kumar (91Kg) and Manjeet Sandhu (+91Kg).
The girls’s staff contains Jyoti (51Kg), Sakshi (57Kg), Shashi Chopra (60Kg), Lalita (69Kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (75Kg).
The boxers are at present coaching in Bellary’s Inspire Institute of Sports.

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