Human Interest |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
SSCB: India |
General Interest |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Silver in heavyweight 91kg division at 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. (Melbourne 2006) |
Injuries |
He suffered a nose injury in the semifinal of the Memorial Boxing Championship in Makhachkala, Russia in 2010. (ddinews.vo.in, 14 Jul 2010) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the world championships. (Indian Express, 18 Jul 2009) |
Other information |
RUNAWAY In 2005, as a teenager, he rang away from his village to his uncle's house in Pathankot to take part in an Army recruitment drive, leading him to a sports career as a boxer. (Indian Express, 18 Jul 2009) |