Selay Soy is the star in the Indian Junior National Championships

Selay Soy

The Indian Junior National Championships was held in Guwahati which will be the host of the AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships in November. Finally 13 new winners have been crowned in the Indian Junior National Championships where more than 300 young athletes competed for the medals and prizes.
India competed with maximum number of 13 boxers in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines and among them two of their talents claimed silver medals besides to their plenty of bronzes. India proved its potential in the elite, women, youth and junior competitions this year which is the first in the new Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle.
Selay Soy is an incredible talent in the Indian boxing who won all of his national contests and competitions in the recent six years. The 16-year-old pinweight (46kg) talent dominated all of his fights in the Indian Junior National Championships and did not give any chance to Sai Swaroop in the gold medal bout.
Siddhartha Malik is a strong light flyweight (48kg) hopeful who achieved bronze medal in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa. The 16-year-old talent had to meet in the final with Anil Singh but his speed was the difference between them in the title bout in Guwahati.
Swapnil Anil Shinde has got huge experiences from the Indian national and regional events therefore his gold medal was not a surprise at the flyweight (50kg) where he defeated Naoba Singh in a superb contest. Another experienced junior talent, Bhavesh Kattimani achieved the title at the light bantamweight (52kg) defeating Ajay Kumar in the final.
Aman Singh was not enough experienced as the previous winners but his combinations landed on his opponent’s face and defeated Tehon Kong Kang in the final of the bantamweight (54kg). India’s new junior sensation Ankit Narwal will be turning to 15 only later this year but his energetic style was enough to beat all of his rivals including Akash Gorkha in the final of the featherweight (57kg).
Akshay Kumar has got strong family connections to boxing, his brothers are also successful boxers and he was able to continue their tradition in the Indian Junior National Championships in Guwahati where he defeated Rajat Punia in the final of the lightweight (60kg). Vijay Deep, who also competed in the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships, was too strong for Bobosana Singh in his respective final.
Aakash Sai Jaat won the important gold medal at the welterweight (66kg) following his victory over Bhupendra Rawat. Ish Pannu delivered a small surprise in the final of the light middleweight (70kg) where he defeated junior national team member Aman. Vinit Dahiya was born only in 2002 but his skills are enough good to beat elder rivals such as Shiwam Pawar in the final of the middleweight (75kg).
ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships silver medallist Mohit Rajeram was enough strong to beat Lakshay Chahar in the final of the light heavyweight (80kg) in Guwahati and proved his talent once again. Another silver medallist from the ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships Satender Singh was amazing in the final of the heavyweight (+80kg) and demonstrated his powerful punches against Harsh Rana.

List of the winners in the Indian Junior National Championships
india 46kg: Selay Soy
india 48kg: Siddhartha Malik
india 50kg: Swapnil Anil Shinde
india 52kg: Bhavesh Kattimani
india 54kg: Aman Singh
india 57kg: Ankit Narwal
india 60kg: Akshay Kumar
india 63kg: Vijay Deep
india 66kg: Aakash Sai Jaat
india 70kg: Ish Pannu
india 75kg: Vinit Dahiya