Date:25/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082556111700.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Ali bags gold

VISAKHAPATNAM: Sk. Ali won the first gold for Visakhapatnam, beating P. Mahesh Kumar of Nellore by a unanimous points decision in the featherweight category final of the 55th senior inter-district boxing championship here on Sunday.

Earlier N. Santosh of West Godavari scored a unanimous points win over P. Chandrasekhar in the bantam weight final.

Other results: Semifinals: Lightfly: K. Raghuveer (RR) bt P. Ravindra Babu (Medak); S. Ramu (VSP) bt R. Srinivas (Khammam). Fly: S. Satish Reddy (VSP) bt D. Eswara Prasad (Kadapa), K. Santosh (RR) bt B. Raja Ramesh (Krishna). Bantam: P. Chandrasekhar (ATP) bt G. Ganesh (Hyd), N. Santosh (WG) bt Md. Majaruddin (RR). Feather: Sk. Vali (VSP) bt I. Bheemalingeswara Rao (Kadapa), P. Mahesh Kumar (Nellore) bt P. Amarnath (Nellore). Light: Manjit Singh (Hyd) bt N. Narayana Reddy (Nellore), G. Satish Kumar (RR) bt M. Satyanarayana (Chittoor). Lightwelter: R. Anil Kumar (ATP) bt K. Surendra Reddy (VSP), V. Santosh (RR) bt P. Mohan Gandhi (VSP).Welter: G. Naresh Kumar (ATP) bt Y. Anil Kumar (EG), N.P. Srinivas (VSP) bt B. Madan Mohan Raju (RR). Middle: S. Suribabu (EG) bt M. Vimal (Medak), V. Naresh (WG) bt A. Chandrasekhar (VSP). Lightheavy: K. Harsha (Nalgonda) bt R. Viswanath (Guntur), Sriram Kumar (VSP) bt P. Ishaq (RR). Heavy: Syed Esa Fariz (Mahaboobnagar) bt L. Madhusudhana Reddy (Karimnagar), Bharat Singh (Medak) bt T. Vamsi Krishna (Guntur). Super heavy: R. Narendra Yadav (Hyd) bt Sk. Abibhur Rahiman (VSP), Saya Nasarat (M’nagar) bt G.V. Nisant Raj (Karimnagar). — Special Correspondent