Thivanka and Thilini best from the rest
Thivanka Ranasinghe of MAS Linea and Thilini Weerasinghe of Army came out as the best boxer in the men’s and women’s categories of the 162 boxers that participated at the 72nd ABA Men’s and Women’s Layton Cup boxing which concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.
Women’s best boxer Thilini Weerasinghe of Army and M.I.C. Fernando of MAS Unichela in action
Thivanka contested in the light flyweight 46-49kg bout where he outboxed W.A.C.I Perera of Army while Thilini got the better of M.I.C.Fernando of MAS Unichela in the heavyweight over 81kg bout.The biggest shock of the meet was the defeat of P.G.E. Madushan of Air Force who participated at the Commonwealth Games this year when he was beaten by W.A.C.I. Perera who in fact went on to beat last year’s Layton Cup winner M.M. Prabashwara of MAS Slimline in the semi-final.
Best boxer Thivanka a product of Vidyartha Kandy for his powerful display and top performance was awarded the Layton Cup. Charaka Jayalath of Army and K.A.L.U. Kaushalya of Air Force were adjudged the best loser’s in the two categories.
Men’s best boxer Thivanka Ranasinghe of MAS Linea and W.A.C.I. Perera of Army in action
However the Slimline BC pugilists dominated the finals when they won four gold medals while Navy bagged three with Army being to secure only one gold medal.
In the women’s category MAS Southern again showed their prowess when they bagged six of the nine gold medals that were on offer while Army, MAS Linea and MAS Unichela shared one each.
| Results
Men’s: Women’s: Light Flyweight (45-48kg) – R.A.N.P. Kumari (MAS Linea) beat H.S. Priyadharshini (Army). Flyweight (48-51kg) – J.A.D. Jayasinghe (MAS Southern) beat H.T. de Mel (MAS Unichela). Bantamweight (54kg) – M.P.S.S. Cooray (MAS Unichela ( beat) H.M.D.M. Herath (Air Force). Featherweight (54-57kg) – K.A.K. Hansika (MAS Southern) beat M.P.K. Salgado (Army). Lightweight (60kg) – H.M.K.G.L. Udayangani (MAS Southern) beat M.M.V. Prabadhi (MAS Casualine). Light Welterweight (60-64kg) – J.V.P.L.K. Jayasekera (MAS Southern) beat K.A.L. Kaushalya (Air Force). Welterweight (69kg) – G.H.T.N. Dharmasena (MAS Southern) beat R.P.K. Wijesinghe (MAS Linea). Middleweight (69-75kg) – I.W.S.S. Chandrasekera (MAS Southern) beat A.M.P. Atapattu (MAS Slimline). Heavyweight Over (81kg) – T.M. Weerasinghe (Army) beat M.I.C. Fernando (MAS Unichela). |
 Thilini Weerasinghe posing for a picture after receiving her trophy |
 Thivanka Ranasinghe posing for a picture after receiving his trophy |