The Indian boys’ boxing contingent clinched six gold, four silvers and one bronze medal to complete a rich haul at the 5th International Sven Lange Memorial Tournament in Schwerin, late on Sunday night.
India’s gold rush started with Bhavesh Kattamani’s immaculate display in the 52-kg category as he defeated Germany’s Lazek Sadek 5-0 in final. He also earned the ‘Best Fighter Award’ to make the win even sweeter.
In the 60-kg category, Akshay defeated Denmark’s Nikolai Terteryan with a slim margin of 3-2 to bag India’s second gold, while Vijaydeep (63-kg) steamrolled past Brian Vossen of Netherlands. Ish Pannu also registered an emphatic 5-0 victory against John Gerhauser of Germany. In the 75-kg and 80-kg category respectively, Vinit and Lakshay Chahar defeated Raphael Monny from France and Rasi Al-zein of Germany to make it a grand six golds for the Indian contingent.
Anil (48-kg) had to settle for silver after losing to Germany’s Franklin Dwomoh via split decision. Swapnil, in the 50-kg category, suffered the same fate as he lost out to Reece Deehan of England 3-2. Aman (54-kg) and Satender (+80-kg) were defeated comfortably as they lost out to France’s Benik Melkumian and William Howe of England respectively.
The only bronze which came India’s way was through Aakash in the 66-kg weight category as he narrowly lost out to Slovania’s Gashi Sadik in the semi-finals.
The performance from the boxers also earned them the ‘Best Team’ of the tournament award.
