52nd Military Boxing Championship: 4 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals

The Indians will return from the 52nd Military Boxing Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan with a haul of four silver and three bronze medals. Unfortunately, all the 4 Indian finalists i.e. Paramjit Singh (48kg), Suranjoy Singh (51kg), Chhote Lal Yadav (57kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) lost to locals in their respective summit clashes and had to settle for silver medals on Sunday, November 30 2008.

Finals 48kg, Paramjit Singh lost to Abiyev Ceyhun 4-6
Finals 51kg, Suranjoy Singh lost to Najafov Rahim 4-15
Finals 57kg, Chhote Lal Yadav lost to Ismailov Elshan 2-11
Finals 91kg, Manpreet Singh lost to Alizade Elchin 1-11

Earlier, Melbourne Commonwealth Games gold medallist Som Bahadur Pun (64kg), Mahendra Thapa (81kg) and Mehar Singh (+91kg) had to be content with bronze medals after losing their semifinals.