The final day of the Clifford cup boxing meet came to an end today at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium with the Slimeline A boxing club winning the Clifford cup and the MAS southern A boxing club winning the women’s shield.
After a powerful week of boxing the Clifford cup boxing meet 2014 concluded today with major honors won by the Slimeline A boxing team. A total of 20 bouts were fought today with 20 Gold medals won.
In the opening bout in the men’s category, the Super Heavy (+91Kg) weight Gold medal was boxed against ARBE Thilakarathna of the Sri Lanka ARMY – A and LTB Rathnadiwakara of SLIMLINEA –A which the boxer from Slimeline won quite comfortably. It was an exchange of pure power as both pugilists delivered well timed jabs and weren’t afraid to go for the glorified hard blows.
Many eyes were on the Light Fly (49kg) weight category finals bout against MM Prabashwara of SLIMLINEA –A and PGE Madushan of the Sri Lankan AIR FORCE – A. Both pugilists had earned a name for themselves in the meet and Prabashwara was one favored to win honors at the meet and he didn’t disappoint the pundits who had believed so. He beat his counterpart in straight rounds to win gold in the light fly weight category.
In the women’s category 48 kg Nadeeja Pushpakumarai of THURULIE boxing club boxed against AD Kodithuwakku of MAS SOUTHERN – A. kodithuwakku was too one of the favorites in the meet. She won the gold medal proving herself and the predictions. Her upper cuts were masterful and well-timed while her defense when needed was stone strong and solid.
It was a rather disappointing bout in the 64 kg weight category against KALU Kawshalya of the AIR FORCE – A and Niranjala Senanayake of CASUALINE. The spectators looked forward to a much better and exciting bout but Niranjala simply took away all chances from Kawshalya through a display of boxing truly worth mentioning. Her technique seemed very sound and her intelligence and experience was put in to action flawlessly eventually winning the bout in straight rounds.
At the end of the 5 days of boxing the Best Boxer from the Men’s category was awarded to MM Prabashwara of SLIMLINEA –A while the Best Looser was awarded to PGE Madushan of the Sri Lankan AIR FORCE – A team. The Best boxer in the Women’s category was won by Niranjala Senanayake of the CASUALINE boxing club while SVPR Dilhani was awarded the Best Looser award.
The results of the Clifford cup boxing meet 2014 are as follows ;
