Shiva Thapa, Hussamuddin win gold as Services continue to dominate Men's Boxing Nationals

Services continued its domination at the national level and defended the national title while Shiva Thapa (63kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and PL Prasad (52kg) won gold medals on the last day of 4th Elite Men's National Boxing Championships at the Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology on Thursday.Services won nine medals including six gold, two silver and one bronze to top the points table with 62 points while Railways and Haryana finished second and third with 37 and 30 points respectively.In one of the highly-anticipated bouts of the day, Railways' Sachin Siwach took on Mohammad Hussamuddin of Services in the 57 kg final. The fierce bout started with the latter conceding more punches as the 5 feet 9 inches tall Sachin took advantage of his height.The next two rounds saw Hussamuddin making a comeback as he dodged a lot of punches and adopted an attacking strategy mixed with counter-attacking punches to fetch a 3-2 split verdict in his favour.Talking about the ...