Improving their points tally of 59 points from the last edition, the Services Sports Control Board claimed 72 points with 10 medals that included eight gold, one silver and one bronze.
Devang (54kg) gave the perfect start to team SSCB with a sensational 5-0 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Sundram Yadav. Hemant Sangwan (80+kg) on the other hand got the better of Maharashtra’s Saifali Zari in a unanimous decision win.
Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) boxers dominated the 5th Junior Boys National Boxing Championships by claiming eight of the 13 gold medals on offer even as hosts Arunachal Pradesh ended up with a best ever finish of one gold, three silver, and two bronze medals at the Don Bosco campus i
In the 66kg category, SSCB’s Prashant exhibited a dominant display of speed and sharpness as he comfortably defeated Delhi’s Ronit Tokas in a unanimous decision win. On the other hand, Jasandeep (57kg) got the better of Chhattisgarh's Ansh Kumar Yadav in a hard-fought 4-1 win.
In the 50kg category, Nikhil of Chandigarh ousted Roushan Kumar of Bihar in a hard-fought 4-1 victory. Contrary to Nikhil's result, Ronit (66kg) of Delhi hardly had to break a sweat as he defeated Anantha Krishna of Kerala by the referee stopping the contest (RSC) verdict in round 1.