National champion Sumit Kundu aiming for greater heights

Middleweight boxer Sumit Kundu, all of 19 years, has faced some of the best in the business in about six months to emerge as one of the most promising pugilists in the country.

Teenage Army man Sumit, who claimed the National title in Vijayanagar on debut in September, is delighted to have claimed his first elite international medal, a gold, by being the 75kg champion in the recently-concluded Thailand Open event.

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“It has been a good journey so far with a lot of learning experiences. In the Belgrade World championships, which was my first elite international outing, I lost to the eventual champion (Cuban Martinez Hernandez) in the pre-quarterfinals. In the Strandja Memorial, I beat the Worlds silver medallist (Russian Dzhambulat Bizhamov) before being beaten by Olympics silver medallist (Oleksandr Khyzhniak),”…