Boxing

Sri Lanka’s Olympic hope Godakandalage Pasindu Umayanga Mihiran kept alive his pledge of winning the gold medal at ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Boxing Championships when he overcame his first hurdle with consummate ease at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday.  The 22-year-old Sri Jayawardenapura University undergrad who walks the talk…

Two more Sri Lankans bowed out in the Youth quarter-finals of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships but not without fighting tooth and nail at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday. Sarmin Gafoor Mohamed Azhar, 17-year-old from St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy fought heroically against a six-footer from Tajikistan Mukhammad Sulton…

  Usaith Yazmin celebrates his victory in the quarter-finals  Kagenthini Loganathan, a talented pugilist from Vavuniya, clinched the first bronze medal for Sri Lanka at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth Championships being held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Kagenthini produced a plucky performance against a taller Indian southpaw…