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Women’s Novices Boxing
Gold for Unichela and Army
By M. Shamil Amit Amit
Boxers from Unichela BC and Army won three gold’s each from the nine finals held in the ABA Women’s Novices Boxing Meet concluded at the Police Field Force Boxing Hall in Colombo yesterday. The award for the best boxer went to M.S.C. de Silva of Police who won two golds while the best loser’s award was claimed by R.C.M.A. Ratnayake of the Army.

Incidentally the two boxers fought it out in the Light Fly Weight Under 48kgs which went on the wire with both the fighters gaining 35 points each. But the judges awarded the win to Silva which most did not agree. A senior referee speaking later said that the judgment given in most of the finals that were conducted yesterday was not satisfactory. He further said if the judges are going to carry on in this manner boxing is going to suffer.

K.L.S.T. Maduwanthie, A.A.S.N. Nilanthi and P.G. Nirosha were the gold medal winners for Unichela while Army’s winners were T.M.S. Tennekoon, R.M.N.C. Ratnayake and N.S.T. Wickramasuriya. Police secured their two golds through M.S.C.de Silva and R.D.J. Rajakaruna with Slimline BC’s S.M.N. Senanayake winning the last gold.

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