National Boxing Championships 2012, organized by the Boxing Association was held from 15 to 18 December and concluded at Kandy City Centre yesterday.
140 male boxes and 45 women players from around 10 Boxing clubs all over the island participated in the event. The five leading Boxing Clubs Slimline, Army, Navy, Air Force, Police were set up for a head to head battles after a long tournament, the preliminaries of which were concluded previously at MAS Holdings premises Pallekele.
Both men and women championships were won by Slimline BC.
Overall results
1. Slimline BC -37 points
2. Army SC -18 points
3. Air Force SC -12 points
Best Boxer
Male- M.Y.M Dilshan of Air Force SC
Female-S.S Shashikala of Slimline BC
Best Looser-Chandra Kumara of Police SC
Most anticipated battle was taken place at 7.30 pm in which Manju Wanniarachchi of Slimline defeated R.I Weerakkodi of Army SC. The first round saw Manju capitalizing on a number of errors which he had picked from Weerakkodi’s play. It was an easy turn-around of events to the Slimline when the he reached 6 points, leaving behind his Army counterpart jammed at 3 points. Maju easily scored 9 points against 3 in the second round. Having stepped into the third round with a lead of 9, Manju was given a good chase by Weerakkodi, who eventually ended up with 14 points, when Manju scored 21 at the end. Only the 3rd round ended favour for the Blue Corner Weerakkodi as 8 to 6 points.
| Winner | Sports club | Runner Up | Sports club | |
| Men Super Heavy Weight Over 91 kg | W. L Sandun | Air Force-A SC | M.M Eranga | Army red |
| Women Super Heavy Weight O 81 kg | T.M Weerasinghe | Army SC | J.G.D Dharsha | MAS Southern-A |
| Men Heavy Weight Under 91 kg | B.N.S Sampath | Navy-A | H.M.R.C Herath | Army SC |
| Women Heavy Weight Under 81 kg | G.G.D Silva | Air Force SC | ||
| Men Light Heavy Weight Under 81 kg | Suranga Mudannayaka | Slimline SC-A | J.H.T Nayanajith | Police SC |
| Women Middle Weight Under 75 kg | W.I.S Shashikala | MAS Southern SC-A | D.S.S Weerarathna | Police SC |
| Men Middle Weight Under 75 kg | M.A Divarathna | Army SC-A | Senake Navarathna | Slimline SC-A |
| Women Light Welter Weight U 64 kg | P.C.K Jayasekara | MAS Southern SC-A | S.E.S Siriwdena | Navy SC |
| Men Welter Weight Under 69 kg | P.R.I Rajapaksha | Slimline SC-A | A.P.G Chandrakumara | Army SC-A |
| Women Light Weight Under 60 kg | L udayangani | MAS Southern BC-B | Niranjala Senanayake | MAS Southern BC-A |
| Men Light Welter Weight Under 64 kg | M.Y.M Dilshan | Air Force | R.G.S Kumarasiri | Navy SC-A |
| Women Feather Weight Under 57 kg | K.A.K Hansika | MAS Southern BC-B | B.L.S Sandareka | MAS Southern BC-A |
| Men Light Weight under 60 kg | M.A.B Gunathilake | Slimline SC-A | P.A.D Saparamadu | Slimline SC-B |
| Women Bantam Weight Under 54 kg | Vidushika Prabadi | MAS Southern-A | T.L.D.M Abeywardena | Thurulie BC |
| Men Bantam Weight Under 56 kg | M.D.K Wanniarachchi | Slimline SC-A | W.R.I Weerakkodi | Army SC-A |
| Women Fly Weight Under 51 kg | K.H.E.G Silva | MAS Southern BC-A | S.P Guneththi | Police C |
| Men Fly Weight Under 52 kg | PD Suresh | Slimline SC-A | A.V.I.R.S Bandara | Army Red BC |
| Women Light Fly Weight Under 48 kg | J.A.D Jayasinghe | MAS Southern BC-B | Nilmini Kosala | MAS Southern BC-A |
| Men Light Fly Weight Under 49 kg | M Prabashwara | Linea BC | M.R Samdaruwan | Slimline SC-A |
