Suranjoy brings back gold

Asian champion Suranjoy Singh recently became the first Indian boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Inter-Continental President’s Cup in Azerbaijan after out-punching Frenchman Nordine Oubaali 8-1 in the fly weight (51kg) finals.
The 22-year-old Manipuri’s triumph was at the prestigious event where confederations from Asia, America, Africa, Europe and Oceania were pitted against each other. Relying on his trademark left straights and cross punches, the reigning national champion opened up a 3-0 lead at the end of the opening round. Suranjoy scored another four points in the next three minutes to be 7-0 ahead. The final round ended 1-1 but the huge lead from the previous two rounds was enough for the Indian to emerge triumphant.
“Nordine is a good boxer and fights very aggressively but I pushed him on the back foot. I had never fought against him before but it was not that difficult to read his game once I entered the ring,” Suranjoy said.