Sri Lanka selected 43 elite boxers to the national team

Following the Layton Cup Boxing Tournament, the management of Sri Lanka Boxing selected 43 boxers, a huge selection for the national pool.

The President of the Sri Lankan Boxing Mr. Anuruddha Shanaka Bandara, the head of the national selection committee Mr. Abdulla Ibunu and their communication official, Mr. Allaam Osman confirmed the names of the selected boxers.

The national team contains 13 women and 30 men boxers and most of them represent the Army Boxing Club. The youngest team member is the 19-year-old Yazmin Usaith from Kandy while the oldest is the 37-year-old Gayan Indika Bandara from the Navy.

K.K. Ishara Thushari Perera and T. Hasitha Nuwan Jinadasa were named as the Best Female and Male Boxers in the Layton Cup and certainly the new stars have been involved to the national teams and also to the travelling squad to Amman.

Sri Lanka’s most experienced international boxers such as the hero of the last Olympic Qualifier, the 21-year-old Umayanga Mihiran (51kg) and the Commonwealth Games quarter-finalist Podi Arachchige Rukmal Prasanna (57kg) are the leaders of the national pool.

The Layton Cup Boxing Tournament was one the selection events for the upcoming ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships which will be starting in Amman on November 28 and the Sri Lankans are planning to send 13 boxers.  

Women’s National Team

48kg: R.A.N. Pushpakumari (Vidyarathana SC), H.K.N.N. Perera (Army)

50kg: K.K.I.T. Perera (Air Force), S.D.D. Silva (Army)

52kg: H.S. Priyadarshani (Army), P.M. Vidanagamage (Police)

54kg: L.I.N. Malshani (Air Force), S.H.Y.R. Fernando (Veyangoda BC)

57kg: K.A.K. Hansika (Vidyarathana SC), P.H.I. Wirajani (Army)

60kg: M.P.S.S. Cooray (Air Force), M.G.M.T. Dasunika (Army), A.K.G.H. Gamage (Vidyarathana SC)

Men’s National Team

48kg: T.H.N. Jinadasa (Police), D.H. Tissaaratchy (Back2Fit), H.M.L.P. Jayawardena (Army)

51kg: G.P.U. Mihiran (Police), A.M.G.I. Bandara (Navy), K.A.S.K. Abeygunawardana (Army)

54kg: G.J.K.R. Kumara (Vidyarathana SC), P.G.E. Madushan (Air Force), R.M.P. Dharmasena (Army)

57kg: P.A.R. Prasanna (Army), K.H. Navodya (Navy)

60kg: R.M.P.K.K. Rasnayake (Army), W.M.M. Bandara (Army)

63.5kg: H.A.H.D. Hettiarachchi (Navy), S.M.C.S. Samarakoon (Navy)

67kg: P.S.P.S. Fernando (Army), E.G.M.M. Jayaweera (Army), A.M.T.S. Adikari (Navy)

71kg: I.P.D.C. Udayakumara (Air Force), P.M.L.L. Chandrabandara (Army)

75kg: Y.M. Usaith (St. Sylvester’s BC), K.G. Pathmasiri (Army)

80kg: J.M.I.P.P. Kumara (Army), H..W.G.P. Rathnasiri (Police)

86kg: Y.S.P. Sudamma (Army), G.W.C. de Silva (Air Force)

92kg: P.A.R.S. Rupasinghe (Army), K.M.C.K. Karunanayake (Navy)

+92kg: U.A. Avishka (Army), M.W.M.M. Meegasthenna (Air Force)

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