India Open International Boxing Tournament begins in Guwahati

Guwahati, May 20, 2019:

The Second India Open International Boxing Tournament will begin today at Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati today. The inaugural event will be held at 5.30 this evening while the matches will begin from 6 p.m in the evening.

Sixteen countries will participate in the tournament where nearly 200 boxers will be vying for the podium. The preliminaries will be held today and tomorrow to be followed by the quarter-finals and semi-finals, culminating into the grand finale on May 24.

Ten Indian boxers are assured of medals with 6 in men and 4 in women being already placed in the semi-finals in the tournament.

India has fielded a strong contingent of 38 men and 37 women in the tournament including Mary Kom in 51 kilogram category. Six pugilists from Assam would be representing the country in front of the home crowd.

Last year, India won 6 gold medals in the India Open held in New Delhi. Competition will be held in a total of 18 categories, 10 in men and 8 in women. The gold medallist will get 2500 US dollar and Silver medallist will earn a total of 1000 US dollars.

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