Manoj Kumar (boxer)

Manoj Kumar (boxer) medal table
Boxing
India
Commonwealth Games
bronze	2018	Welterweight
gold	2010	Light welterweight
Asian Championships
bronze	2013	Light welterweight
bronze	2007	Light welterweight

Manoj Kumar Kaltagdia (* 10. December 1986 ) is an Indian boxer in the Light Welterweight .

Origin and family

Manoj Kumar comes from Rajound in the Kaitha District, which is in the state of Haryana . His older brother Rajesh Kumar Rajound is a former national boxing coach for the junior team, his younger brother Mukesh Kumar was also a boxer and works for the railroad. His father is a former soldier, his mother a housewife. Manoj is also the owner of a boxing club named after him in Kurukshetra .

Boxing career

Manoj Kumar reached the quarter-finals at the 2006 Asian Games , where he was eliminated by Serik Säpijew . At the Asian Championships in 2007 he then won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division after a semi-final defeat by Bjambyn Tüwschinbat . In 2009 in Milan he started for the first time in a world championship, but was defeated in the first fight against Myke Carvalho .

At the Commonwealth Games 2010 he won the gold medal in the light welterweight division after beating Bradley Saunders in the final and took part in the 2011 World Championships in Baku , where he moved into the quarterfinals by winning against Valentino Knowles, Raymond Moylette and Hu Qing . There he was eliminated in the fight for a medal place against Thomas Stalker , but had qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London by reaching the quarter-finals . There he defeated Serdar Hudaýberdiýew in the preliminary round , but lost again to Thomas Stalker in the round of 16.

At the Asian Championships in 2013 he again won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division, this time after being eliminated in the semifinals against Urantschimegiin Mönch-Erdene . With victories against Fatih Keleş and Yves Ulysse, he also reached the quarter-finals at the 2013 World Championships in Almaty , where he lost to Yasniel Toledo .

At the 2014 Asian Games he lost to Masatsugu Kawachi and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the quarter-finals to Sam Maxwell , after he had previously defeated Arthur Biyarslanov , among others . He also received the Arjuna Award in 2014. At the Asian Championships in 2015 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Fazliddin Gʻoibnazarov and at the World Championships in 2015 in Doha in the preliminary round against Abdelhak Aatakni.

In 2016 he won the South Asian Games and started in the Asian Olympic qualification in 2016, where he failed in the first fight against Abylaichan Shuissipov . In the 2016 global qualification, he defeated Danielito Zorrilla , Eslam Aly, Airin Ismetow and Shawkat Rachimow, which enabled him to buy a ticket for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . At his second Olympic Games, he won the preliminary round against Evaldas Petrauskas , but then retired against Fazliddin Gʻoibnazarov .

At the 2017 Asian Championships he lost to Bjambyn Tüwschinbat in the quarter-finals, but with this placement he qualified for the 2017 World Championships in Hamburg . However, after beating Vasile Belous , he lost to Gabriel Maestre . He was eliminated in the round of 16 at the 2018 Asian Games and won a bronze welterweight medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Manoj Kumar
2. ↑ Boxer Manoj Kumar

Web links

• Manoj Kumar in the database of Olympedia.org (English)