Nepalese boxers have won 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals in the Four Nations Cup Boxing Championship held in Thimphu, Bhutan. The Nepali team came second in the four-nation tournament.
Bhutan team became the champion. The vice president of Nepal Boxing Federation Shyamkaji Awale said that the joint training camp of these four teams was held. Training was held from April 8-10 and competition from April 11-13.
7 players from Nepal reached the finals, 4 of them won gold. In the women's 50 kg weight group, Nepal's Aarti Bamjan won gold by defeating Bhutan's Jamo Jigdal by 5-0 points. Nepal's Asmita Duval won the gold by defeating Bhutan's Demo Nornu by 5-0 points in women's 52 kg.
Nepal's Varsha Shrestha won another gold by defeating Bhutan's Tasi 4-1 in women's 54 kg. In men's 51 kg, Nepal's Laxman Rai won the gold by defeating Sikkim's Krishna Kailash Rai by 5-0 points.
Nepal's Lal Prasad Upreti lost to Bhutan's Dorje Magar in the men's 48 kg category and finished second. In 54 kg, Chandra Bahadur Thapa lost to Bangladesh's Mohammad Unsov by 3-2 points in the final. Chandra, who performed an excellent game, received a warning from the referee in the last round. He was defeated by 3:2 and ended up in silver. Earlier, Chandra defeated the Indian player 5-0 in the semi-final and decided the final.
In the tournament organized by the Bhutan Boxing Association, the coaches from Nepal were Olympian Praveen Tuladhar, IBA three-star coach Deepak Maharjan along with assistant coaches Umesh Katuwal and Sandeep Shrestha. Pushkarraj Pant was the technical official. Referee/judge Dhankumar Mainali, Santosh Alemgar, Anuradha Lama, Jeevan Kawah and Rajkumar Maharjan acted as judges and Asim Neupane played the role of scoring operator.
