Mary Kom, Manish Kaushik set for competitive action after one year at Spanish tournament next month | Boxing News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The celebrated MC Mary Kom will probably be seen in action for the primary time since qualifying for the Olympic Games final year in March when the veteran, together with eight different Tokyo-bound boxers, compete in next month’s Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain.
The 37-year-old flyweight boxer, who’s a six-time world champion, final competed at the Asian Olympic qualifiers in Jordan in March final year. The tournament in Spain is scheduled to be held from March 1 to 7.
She was laid low by dengue late final year and joined the nationwide camp in Bengaluru solely final month.
Also returning to competitive action at the identical occasion could be Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Manish Kaushik (63kg) after recovering from a knee harm.
World Championship silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg), who gained gold within the not too long ago-concluded Cologne World Cup in Germany, will even compete at the Spanish occasion.
Joining him within the occasion could be Hussamuddin Mohammed (57 kg), Vikas Krishan Yadav (69 kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg), Sumit Sangwan (81kg), Sanjeet (91kg) and Satish Kumar (+91 kg).
Of these, Amit, Vikas, Ashish, Satish and Manish have certified for the Tokyo Games.
Asian Games gold medallist Vikas is getting back from a professional boxing stint within the US the place he couldn’t participate in any competitive bout as a result of of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the ladies, a brand new face in Jasmine will struggle within the 57kg class alongside Asian Championship bronze-medallist Manisha Moun.
Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg) — all of who’re sure for Tokyo — are the opposite Indian girls boxers named for the occasion in Spain.
Apart from this, 12 different pugilists will compete at the 72nd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament scheduled from February 21-28.
In the lads’s class, Asian medallists Deepak (52Kg) and Kavinder Singh Bisht (57Kg) will lead the cost alongside Naveen Boora (69Kg), Ankit Khatana (75Kg), Sachin Kumar (81Kg), Naveen Kumar (91Kg) and Manjeet Sandhu (+91Kg).
The girls’s crew includes Jyoti (51Kg), Sakshi (57Kg), Shashi Chopra (60Kg), Lalita (69Kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (75Kg).
The boxers are at present coaching in Bellary’s Inspire Institute of Sports.