Jharkhand

• 20 Jun 2022

15th Jharkhand State Boxing Championship

Why in News

• On June 19, 2022, with a stellar performance and interesting competitions, the 15th Jharkhand State Boxing Championship concluded at The Novamundi Boxing Centre (NBC) of Tata Steel.

Key Points

• More than 132 boxers from 11 districts participated in the three-day high-octane boxing championships.
• The competition was divided into two categories, Junior (Boy and Girl) and Young (Male and Female).
• Palak Kumari, Annu Pandey and Rahul Kumar of East Singhbhum won the award for best boxer in junior (girl) and youth (women and men) category respectively in this competition, while Suraj Rana, West Singhbhum won the best boxer award in junior (boy) category.
• At the same time, East Singhbhum won the award of team champion in the junior (boys and girls) and youth (men's and women') categories.
• Ranchi received the runners-up award and Dhanbad and West Singhbhum received the runners-up award in youth (male and female) respectively.