Asian champion Suranjoy Singh continued his rampaging form to out-punch Mexico`s Baulio Avila and storm into the final of the season-ending President`s Cup Boxing Tournament.
|Last Updated: Dec 10, 2009, 05:40 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Baku: Asian champion Suranjoy Singh continued his rampaging form to out-punch Mexico`s Baulio Avila and storm into the final of the season-ending President`s Cup Boxing Tournament.
The Indian, who is competing for the Asia One team, beat his rival from the Americas Two team 10-4 in a lopsided bout.
The 22-year-old Manipuri will now take on Europe Two`s Nordine Oubaali, a Frenchman who got a walkover in his semifinal bout, in the final tomorrow.
Suranjoy shunned aggression for caution in the opening round and preferred to counter-attack against an aggressive Avila, who is a pan-American Games bronze medallist. The strategy worked well as the Indian took a slender 2-0 lead in the first three minutes."It was a deliberate approach to be defensive to start with because the other guy was going all out. Suranjoy kept his cool and scored with some well-executed left straights and cross punches," national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu, who has been invited as one of the four coaches for the two Asian teams, told reporters.
Suranjoy adopted a more aggressive approach in the second round and scored through some hard-hitting uppercuts to take his lead to 7-2.The final round followed a similar script and the Indian continued to dominate to eventually clinch the bout 10-4.
"I am thrilled to be doing well in such a prestigious event. Hopefully, I can win a gold," said Suranjoy.
PTI
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