President’s Cup 2009 Gold Medalist & Best Boxer Suranjoy Singh arrived at Delhi International Airport in the wee hours of Sunday 13th December 2009 to be received by well wishers, TV Channels, Print Media and Boxing Federation Officials accompanied by the now traditional Dhol and banners.
Suronjoy Singh
Suranjoy was clearly overwhelmed by the occasion and while speaking to the media stated that his next objective is to win Gold Medals at the Commonwealth Championships in March 2010, Commonwealth Games in October 2010 and the Asian Games in November 2010 as stepping stones in the run-up to the London Olympics 2012. His compatriot Nanao Singh was lurking in the background, clearly unhappy at his first round exit in this championships. A similar scene was enacted way back in March 2008 at this very airport when the Indian Team had returned from the 2nd Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Bangkok. At that time Akhil Kumar was the hero who had returned with a Gold Medal and the title of the Best Boxer of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and Vijender Singh who did not make the cut then was lurking in the background. Later on Vijender made amends and went on to win many laurels including the Bronze at the Beijing Olympics and also another Bronze at the World Championships at Milan in 2009. Similarly Nanao will have many more opportunities to prove his mettle in the future.
Suranjoy on Podium at Presidents Cup 2009
Suranjoy has been a revelation to Indian Boxing this year. Having been in the wilderness for nearly two years in 2007 & 2008, he made a tremendous comeback with a superlative performance at the Asian Championships 2009 at Zhuhai, China and winning the Gold Medal for India after a gap of 15 years (last Gold was by Rajkumar Sangwan in 1994 at the Asian Championships, Teheran). It was all the more sweet and special as he defeated a Chinese boxer who was being touted as a sure shot Gold Medalist and was being cheered vociferously by the local crowd. His performance at the World Championships 2009 at Milan was a heartbreak for Indian boxing aficionados as he lost on equal points 10:10 and on a judges countback score to Nyambayar Tsogtsat of Mongolia who then went on to win the Silver Medal at the same World Championships.
President's Cup Best Boxer Suranjoy on Arrival
Hence, Suranjoy had a burning desire to make amends by defeating the Mongolian at this Championships. Unfortunately that was not to happen as the Mongolian boxer was disqualified for being overweight or else they would have probably met in this event. Suranjoy’s feat of first defeating the Beijing Olympics Bronze Medalist from Italy in the quarterfinals and then the Mexican boxer in the semifinals and finally Nordine Oubaali of France who was a World Championship Chicago 2007 Bronze Medalist in a most convincing manner made it possible for the Jury to select him as the Best Boxer of the President’s Cup 2009.
The good news for Indian boxing fans is that the style that Suranjoy adopts is now ideally suited for International Boxing. In the Ring, he is a bundle of sheer energy who literally hurtles himself at the opponent as a ball of fire and unleashes punches with stunning power and lightning speed to which his adversaries have no answer. It is sincerely hoped that he retains his unique technique and improves these important factors in the days to come.
With best wishes,
Col PK Muralidharan Raja
Secretary General
Indian Boxing Federation
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