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26 July 2010

National Youth Women's boxing off to a Fine Start

National Youth Women's boxing off to a fine start
New Delhi, Jul 26 : The sixth National Youth women's boxing championships had a great start and got a tremendous support from the people of Assam at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Guwahati.

The tournament, which will run from July 21 to July 25, is being organised by Assam Boxing Association. A total of 114 women pugilists from 22 states are participating in this prestigious event.

After the completion of the preliminaries, Assam and Manipur with 11 points each are at the top closely followed by Punjab with 11 points.

Five boxers from Assam have qualified into the semifinals while six from Manipur and Punjab. Other States like Haryana, Kerala, MP etc have less than 3 boxers in the semifinal line-up.

The performances of a few boxers such as Minu Basumatary of Assam and Monika Soun of Punjab have been outstanding in this championship so far. They have got great future ahead and will certainly don the national colors in the coming time.

Indian Boxing Federation is especially indebted to Mittal Champions Trust for having come forward to sponsor cash prizes for the women boxers.

All winners in preliminaries will be given Rs 500 for every bout won while the winners in quarterfinals will be given Rs 1000. Winners of the semifinals will get Rs 2000 and winners of finals will get Rs 3000.

The women boxers have an excellent chance of bringing medals for the country at Asian Games and Olympic Games due to their continuous exceptional performances.

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