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Naman Tanwar wins boxing trial, makes case for Commonwealth Games selection

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Mar 01, 2018 06:07 PM IST

Naman Tanwar, who took to boxing for weight management, got the better Sumit Sangwan in a trial to make his case strong for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

World youth bronze-medallist Naman Tanwar today upstaged Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan in the heavyweight (91kg) category trials to strengthen his case for selection in India’s boxing squad for next month’s Commonwealth Games.

Indian boxer Naman Tanwar put a strong case forward for this 2018 Commonwealth Games selection.(Getty Images)
Indian boxer Naman Tanwar put a strong case forward for this 2018 Commonwealth Games selection.(Getty Images)

Tanwar, who took to boxing for weight management, got the better of his decorated rival in the trial held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.

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The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) had decided to conduct trials for only the 91kg and 52kg categories and selected the rest of the six male boxers for CWG on the basis of a points system put in place before the national championships last year.

Both Tanwar and Olympian Sangwan had claimed bronze medals at the India Open in January. The 20-year-old Tanwar had earlier claimed a gold medal and the Best Boxer award at the Galym Zharylgapov Tournament in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Even though Tanwar won today’s trial, his selection for CWG would be confirmed only after India’s World Series of Boxing (WSB) clash against the Russian team tomorrow in an away tie.

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The reason for this is India Open gold-medallist Sanjeet, who would be in action during the WSB tie.

Should he go on to win his bout, it has been decided to finalise Sanjeet’s name for the Games scheduled to be held in Gold Coast from April 4 to 15.

The last date to submit the squad for CWG is March 5.

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