Indian boxers make a clean sweep at C'wealth C'ship

Poonam Mehra
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) World number one Vijender Singh
(75kg) fought through a bleeding nose to clinch his first
international gold medal in two years as Indian pugilists made
a clean sweep in the finals to win the overall team title at
the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships here on Wednesday.

With Asian champion Suranjoy Singh (52kg), South Asian
Games gold medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg), Asian silver
medallist Jai Bhagwan (60kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) also
triumphing in the finals, it turned out to be an all-win day
for the hosts in front of a houseful crowd.
The gold rush started early for the Indians when Olympian
Dinesh Kumar (81kg) got a walkover against Scot Callum
Johnson, who was declared medically unfit due to a right wrist
injury this morning.
In the last bout of the day, Olympic and World
Championship bronze medallist Vijender thrashed England's
Frank Buglioni 13-3 despite a bloodied nose.
"I was scared that the bout may be stopped and I would be
declared medically unfit. Bleeding was just not stopping. I
was constantly looking at the judges to see what they might
do," said the 24-year-old Haryana boxer, who was adjudged the
best boxer of the tournament.
"A gold medal after two years (the last being at the
Chemistry Cup in Germany in 2008) is obviously very
satisfying," added the strapping six-footer, who started the
year with a silver in an invitational tourney in China in
January. MORE PTI PM
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