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Baljeet stuns Varghese Johnson; four disqualified

Y.B. Sarangi

BATHINDA: Super heavyweight boxer Varghese Johnson’s campaign in the 55th National boxing championship ended on a disappointing note after being stunned by Chandigarh’s Baljeet in the pre-quarterfinals at the Giani Zail Singh Stadium here on Tuesday.

Baljeet pounded the Services man to win 17-11. Earlier, Olympian Diwakar Prasad survived a scare before making it to the quarterfinals of the featherweight category.

Diwakar was in the danger of being knocked out even after leading 15-0 against Punjab’s Mahmood Khan. A moment of carelessness almost spelt the Railway boxer’s doom as a powerful punch from Khan in the third round left Diwakar totally shaken up. However, he managed to keep his rival at bay to win 15-4.

Rules flouted

Meanwhile, four Jharkhand boxers — G. Sathyaraju (64kg), Saubam Santosh (54kg), K.T.T. Singh (60kg) and Mehar Singh (+91 kg) — were found “ineligible” to take part for flouting the borrowing of players’ rule.

After receiving complaints from Railways and Chandigarh a seven-member panel decided to disqualify the boxers and declare their bouts null and void.

They had not sought NOCs from Services to represent Jharkhand, according to the IBF Vice-President Asit Banerjee.

The results (pre-quarterfinals): 48-kg: Bishwajit Nandal (AR) bt Mohan Lal (Del) 37-19; Manwar Hussain (RSPB) bt R. Lal Thazuala (Tri) 22-11; Amandeep Singh (Pun) bt Thoiba (Nag) 25-10; Umesh Yadav (MP) bt Jitender Singh (BSF) 30-10; Sanjay Kolte (SSCB) bt Hrokhu Zawley (Miz) 24-4; Mahimai (Kar) bt S. Venkata Ramana (Ker) 24-6.

51kg: Hemant Kumar (Jhar) bt Ranjeet Rajak (SPSB) 27-3; Dilip KR Pouri (CISF) bt Suresh Samad (Skm) 8-4; Santosh (Goa) bt L.S. Khuman (Aru) 18-8; Ashwani Sharma (AIP) bt D. Rajesh (TN) 5-1; Mukesh Kumar (RSPB) bt S.B. Thapa (AR) 34-19; Manoj Suryawanshi (Mah) bt S. Raji (Ker) 17-8; M. Surnjay Singh (SSCB) bt K. Santosh (AP) 24-5; Sunil (Har) bt Prem Bhadur (Meg) 38-16.

54kg: Hitesh Kumar (Chat) bt Amit Kumar Singh (Utk) 10-9; S.K. Thapa (AIP) bt Dinesh (Har) 27-15; Subhash Debnath (WB) bt Manoj Kumar (MP) 15-11; Narjeet Singh (SSCB) bt Manoj Kumar (Chd) 17-3; S. Suresh Singh (CISF) bt Mishal B. Lakra (SPSB) 19-7.

57kg: Dinesh Bisht (Utk) bt Mohit Pathak (MP) 7-5; P.C. Chhuanvamra (Miz) bt P. Amarnath (AP) 12-10; Imran Khan (UP) bt Dheeraj (Har) 24-10; Manoj Bapu Pagaree (Mah) bt Anup Saini (Raj) 20-0; Manoj Rana (Bih) bt Akshay Kumar (Del) 17-11; Diwakar Prasad (RSPB) bt Mahmood Khan (Pun) 16-4; Chhotelal Yadav (SSCB) bt Sunil Kumar (AIP) 15-11.

60kg: Shaananshar Ulhak (MP) bt Sandeep Chaudhary (HP) rtd. R-4; Sanjay Tokas (Del) bt Rannfangrauva (Miz) RSC-OC R-3, Amandeep Singh (Pun) bt H. Birjit Singh (Aru) 27-11; Govind Thapa (Asm) bt G.S. Suresh (CISF)16-5; Mahesh Singh (UP) bt Ravi Kumar (SPSB) 10-7; Rakesh Kalskar (SSCB) bt S. Narendra (Ker) 28-16.

64kg: S.B. Tamang (AR) bt Anil Kumar (Nag) 16-11; Sandeep (Har) bt Baghel Singh (Pun) 24-15; Som Bahadur Pun (SSCB) bt K. Narayana Swamy (Pud) RSC-OS R-2; Manoj Kumar (RSPB) bt Dalbir Singh (Del) 17-6.

69kg: Jagat (AIP) bt Jitendra Mann (Del) 24-13; Dharminder (Tri) bt Ranjeet Singh (Pun) 17-15; Dilbagh Singh (RSPB) bt Chhote Singh (Aru) rtd. R-1; Ajit Pal Singh (Jhar) bt B. Navjot Singh (Guj) RSC-OC R-1; Venkatesh (Kar) bt Hari Krishan (AR) 20-14; J.H. Nongrum (Meg) bt Srinivas (AP) 11-11 countback 29-26.

75kg: Gagendra Singh (MP) bt Ganesh P. (Ker) 17-17 countback 40-37; Sudhir Malik (AIP) bt R.P. Kumar (Pud) 11-2; Manjeet (Har) bt J.L. Tanpuia (Miz) 11-5; Gurprem Singh (Jhar) bt Javed Ali (Utk) 11-0; Jasveer Singh (RSPB) bt Kaptan Singh (WB) 20-0; Vikash Singh (Tri) bt Navin Kumar (CISF) 11-0.

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