Valencia and Reyes led the Bombay Bullets to beat the Bengaluru Brawlers on the seventh day of boxing at the Big Bout League
The seventh day of boxing saw an important match in the Indian Big Bout Boxing League which was taking place between the Bengaluru Brawlers and the Bombay Bullets. Bombay’s foreign stars as Colombia’s Ingrit Lorena Valencia and Spain’s former Cuban boxer Emmanuel Reyes led the team to beat the Bengaluru Brawlers 5-2.
Big Bout is the official name of the Indian Boxing League which is a new program of the Boxing Federation of India which will be closing the busy year of 2019. Boxing Federation of India covered all costs for the boxers including flight tickets, accommodation, meals and local transportation, furthermore strong money prizes for the boxers. The competition period of the League is from December 2 until December 21 which is open for top foreign boxers as well.
Colombia’s Ingrit Lorena Valencia claimed bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and started her campaign with a loss at the Indian Big Bout Boxing League when she met with Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte. The experienced Colombian flyweight (51kg) boxer controlled her second fight in India and defeated 19-year-old Anamika unanimously getting the first success for the Bombay Bullets.
Bombay’s second success was achieved by Naveen Boora who was too quick for Dinesh Dagar at the men’s welterweight (69kg). The female boxers of the Bengaluru Brawlers kept the franchise chance alive to win the match as AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur and 18-year-old Meenakshi won their fights against their Spanish and local opponents.
Following these Bengaluru victories, the Bombay Bullets won all of the three contests and earned the final triumph in the seventh day of boxing. Kavinder Singh Bisht defeated AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Gaurav Bidhuri in a hectic fight at the men’s bantamweight (57kg). Prayag Chauhan (75kg) had also a close success but their Spaniard boxer Emmanuel Reyes dominated the heavyweight (91kg) contest.
Final Results
Bengaluru Brawlers vs. Bombay Bullets 2-5
Women’s 51kg: Ingrit Lorena Valencia (Bombay, COL) vs. Anamika (Bengaluru) 5-0
Men’s 69kg: Naveen Boora (Bombay) vs. Dinesh Dagar (Bengaluru) 5-0
Women’s 60kg: Simranjit Kaur (Bengaluru) vs. Melissa Noemi Gonzalez Tudge (Bombay, ESP) 5-0
Men’s 57kg: Kavinder Singh Bisht (Bombay) vs. Gaurav Bidhuri (Bengaluru) 3-2
Women’s Youth 57kg: Meenakshi (Bengaluru) vs. Priya Kushwaha (Bombay) 4-1
Men’s 75kg: Prayag Chauhan (Bombay) vs. Pawan Kumar (Bengaluru) 3-2
Men’s 91kg: Emmanuel Reyes (Bombay, ESP) vs. Harshpreet (Bengaluru) 5-0
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