3rd Annual MAS novices boxing championship for the Dian Gomes Challenge trophy
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 18:54
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The MAS Annual Novices Boxing Championships for the coveted Dian Gomes Challenge Trophy will take place for the first time in the Pallekele, Linea Boxing Stadium during 9th and 10th May 2012.
The third consecutive tournament for young male and female boxers of MAS will be a stepping stone for the ABA Novices to be held later this year. The General Manager, Linea Clothing & Linea Intimates , Mr. Rohan Daulagala will be the Chief Guest at the finals on Thursday the 10th May during the medal awarding ceremony.
MAS Holdings as a group has over 90 young boxers who will vie for the medals in their weight categories while representing their respective clubs. Eight such clubs will field both male and female pugilists who have been training for the tournament since 2011.
The 2011 winners, men’s - Silueta Boxing Club and women’s – Linea Clothing Boxing Club will have intense competition from 2010 winners, men’s – Slimline Boxing Club and Women’s – Silueta Boxing Club as well as the newly emerging MDS Boxing Club for places in the individual weight categories.
The MAS Novices boxing meet has given young and talented Boxers in the private sector group an opportunity to train for and achieve a standard parallel to the best in Sri Lanka. MAS Holdings will continue to scout for young talent in rural schools in the vicinity of their 38 strong manufacturing facilities all over the country, employing over 40,000 persons. In addition to lucrative employment these youngsters will be able to train with the best in Sri Lanka to finally compete at International meets. Sport in all forms is considered a virtue in the MAS Holdings group while boxing has become the favorite under the tutelage of former Sri Lankan Boxer Dian Gomes, the Managing Director of MAS Intimates.
Though the business ventures of MAS Holdings, individually or as a group does not benefit with local publicity for marketing or sales of their products, (made for many high-end American and European lingerie, active-wear and casual-wear brands), within the country, the group has certainly contributed to the enhancement of talent of many sportsmen and women of Sri Lanka in addition to contributing to the various sports development.
The group will continue their support toward all endeavors by young Sri Lankan individuals and look forward to many more competitions especially in Boxing in the future.
Anusha, Nilmini and Shiromala to fight at World’s Boxing C’ships
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:07
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Sri Lanka will be proudly featuring its women boxing heavyweights AnushaKodituwakku, NilminiJayasinghe and ShiromaliWeeraratne, at the upcoming Women’s World Boxing Championships in Qinhauangdao, China.
The 7th edition of the Women’s World Boxing Championships scheduled from May 9th – 20th, 2012, organized by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will feature women pugilists around the world. The event will also serve as a qualifying event for the London Olympics in August.
Female pugilists in the age groups between 17-34 years and in the weight categories of 45kg (Fly weight) up to 81+kg (Super Heavy Weight) from all over the world, participate for the coveted titles. London 2012 Olympics will set the platform for the female boxers, to battle it out for titles across the weight categories of 48-51kg, 57-60kg and 69-75kg in the Olympic history, with 24 quotas (eight in each weight category) are in place for grabs.
Sri Lanka’s AnushaKodituwakku will be fighting in the 51kg weight category whileNilminiJayasinghe and ShiromaliWeeraratne would be fighting in the 60kg and 75 kgweight categories, respectively. The Team will be accompanied by Coach, AnuruddhaRatnayake a former Boxer who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and PujithMendis, IP of Sri Lanka Police who coached ShiromaliWeerarathna to become a bronze medalist at the Asian Women Boxing Championships 2012.The Manager accompanying the Team will be RuwanKeragala, the current Treasurer of the ABA (Amateur Boxing Association) of Sri Lanka.
According to the Secretary of the ABA, Mahesh Dahanayake, the Sri Lankan Contingent is currently participating in preliminary training sessions with the Thailand National Team, until May 7th, ahead of the world Championships.
Skirts allowed for Women pugilists at London 2012
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- Published on Monday, 20 February 2012 15:59
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The Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) has revealed, the women pugilists who are competing at London 2012 Olympics will be given the option of wearing either shorts or skirts, at the event which is scheduled to be kicked off later this year.
According to the President of AIBA, C. K. Wu, the short skirts would be given as an option to the participants in the womens boxing’s debut London Olympics.
Speaking at the 5th World Conference on Women and Sport in Los Angeles on Saturday (18), Wu remarked that AIBA has never made the skirt compulsory! This statement came in response to the criticisms made by Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley (the 1984 Olympic 100m Hurdles Champion and the Chief of Sport Performance at USA Track and Field at present) who had earlier stated that “women would be forced to wear skirts!”
He vehemently denied that the boxing authoritative body had taken such a step to ‘force’ the female boxers to wear short skirts. “We observed and understood that some women want to wear shorts and some want to wear skirts. After some rounds of discussions, our Technical and Rules Commission led us towards making what they wear optional”. He also revealed that many boxers are yet undecided on ‘what to wear’.
The ‘skirt for female boxers’ has been a strong discussion and has been raising concerns witihn sport’s authoritative bodies, across the world. The skirt had first drawn attention when the Polish team wore skirts in European Women's Championships held last year. Boxers have raised mixed feedback on wearing skirts, on both the positive and negative aspects.
However, ThePapare.com reliably learns that the AIBA is yet to make a official announcement, following a formal ratification made by the AIBA Executive Committee.
Boxing Starts at North Western Province
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- Published on Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:42
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Press Release
The MAS Holdings Group under the guidance of Managing Director, Dian Gomes has taken another step towards the development of Boxing in Sri Lanka.
This time the beneficiaries of the program are the potential pugilists from the North Western Province. The resources including coaching will be provided by the Casualline factory of MAS Holdings, Intimates Cluster, located in Mawathagama. At a ceremony inaugurating this venture held on March 26th at the Mawathagama National School, the vast potential of young talent available in the area and the enthusiasm for the sport was commended by the participants from the MAS Holdings Group.
The development plan was presented to these youngsters and other officials of the area. The event was also attended by present Judges and Referees Association Secretary, Capt. Indrasena as well as the General Manager of Casualline, Mr. Chandana Galappaththi. Veteran Coach who Coached several pugilists of national standing Mr. S.I. Kumara will be the Boxing Coach based at the Casualline plant for this purpose. This venture will see future boxers of Sri Lanka emerge from the North Western Province.
Sonny Bill Williams wins Boxing title
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:38
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Months after being a part of the World cup winning All Blacks side sonny Bill Williams is now the New Zeland Heavy Weight boxing champion after defeating New Zealand-based American fighter Clarence Tillman III .
The bout took place on Wednesday the 8th of February and Tillman was considered as the first real ring test for Sonny Bill who scored easy wins in the lead up to the fight. Sonny Bill claimed the title by technical knockout in the first round in a bout held on Wednesday the 8th of February. He now holds the title that was vacated by Shane Cameron.
This comes as no surprise to those who have been following Sonny’s career as he split focus from the rugby field to fight nights after the 2011 world cup. Sonny however, will be back playing rugby once the season resumes with the Super 15 competition looming. A clause in his All Black rugby contract permits him to take part in boxing bouts.
Sonny Bill is now unbeaten in five professional boxing fights.
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