Date:21/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/21/stories/2008122155051600.htm

Sport - Boxing

Three from TN in finals

CHENNAI: Three boxers from Tamil Nadu have moved into the final in the light weight categories as the South zone championship entered the penultimate day on Saturday here.

Raghuvaran overcame Sridhar of Karnataka on points in the 48 kg category while G. Santosh Kumar (51 kg) and G. Senthilnathan (54 kg) were the other success stories for the host.

The results: semifinals: 48 kg: Jolly Horoka (Ker) bt P. Ramakrishna (Andamans) on points; Raghuvaran (TN) bt Sridhar (Kar) on pts; 51kg: G. Santosh Kumar (TN) bt R. Ramesh (AP) on pts; L. Mahminathan (Kar) bt R. Narendra Kumar (TN); 54kg: G. Senthilnathan (TN) bt S. Diwari (Ker) on pts; K. Rajkumar (Kar) bt M. Satish (TN).

Earlier results: 57 kg: Vinay Reddy (Arty) bt M. Venkatesan (Ker) on pts; K. Muniraj (TN) bt Vincent Paul (Kar) on pts; S.K. Ali (Andamans) bt S. Prasan Kumar (Pondy) on pts; Chinna Kesava Reddy (AP) bt V. Saran Raj (TN) on pts; 60kg: M. Karthik (TN) bt J. Bharath (TN) on pts; K. Surender (Andamans) bt A. Kumar (Ker) RSC; M. Sathiya Narayana (AP) bt Thyagarajan (Pondy) on pts; 64 kg: S. Satish (Ker) bt P. Harikumar (Pondy) RSC; V. Santosh (AP) bt V. Satish Pandiyan (TN) on pts; P. Ganesh (Kar) bt M. Lokesh Raj (Andamans) on pts; V.S. Taison (Ker) bt M.S. Mukhtar Shaik (TN) RSC; K. Niranjan (AP) bt D. Dharmasasta (Pondy) RSC; 75kg: T. Surya Prakash (AP) bt S. Shakthivel (TN) RSC; J. Dhyanithi (Ker) bt Vishwanath (Andamans) RSC; S. Sajesh (TN) bt Ranjeet Singh (Arty) on pts; 81kg: Gurudev (TN) bt G. Udyan (Ker) KO; Satish (Kar) bt M. Sarada Rao (AP) on pts; 91kg: G. Sashi Kumar (TN) bt Jaswant Singh (AP) KO.