AMBALA CANTT, January 22: The Services boxers continued to dominate on the FOURTH day of the 44th Senior National Boxing championships in the quarter-final level at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium here today.Among their prominent boxers, the irrepressible Dingko Singh had a very easy sail into the semifinals in the bantam weight category. The diminutive Services boxer who has been in smashing form, knocked out his quarter-final opponent Feroze Jaleel Khan of Andhra Pradesh in the first round. Another of their top boxers Tuk Bahadur Thapa proved so intimidating for his Jammu and Kashmir rival Sandip Singh that the latter retired from the contest in the first round itself.
Punjab saw six of their quarter-finalists knocked out of the championships. Among the winners, super heavy weight champion Harpal Singh was the most impressive. He scored a RSC (outclassed) decision over last year's heavy weight champion Anil Mann of Railways, who graduated into the higher weight category this year. He took just over a
minute to knock down his shorter opponent.
The light-fly defending champion Bhim Singh of Punjab made an unceremonious exit against H Srinivas of Railways, having been disqualified by the referee in the fourth round for holding and punching with an open glove.
Birju Sah of Steel Plants was stretched by his opponent, Ch Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh in the fly weight category. ZV Jollyson also of Steel Plants got a walk over the medically unfit Mohd Azam of Uttar Pradesh in the light welter category.
Alit Prasad of Railways, who is the defending champion in the light middle weight category registered an easy RSC (head) second round decision against L Branjen Singh of Assam Rifles.
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