Sultans beat Terminators 15-6 in Super Boxing League

OPM Punjab Sultans made a resounding start to their league campaign, defeating UP Terminators 15-6 at the Super Boxing League here today.
Amandeep Singh, Saroj Bugalia, Vicky Singh and Sumit Rangi were all winners in their respective categories for the OPM Punjab Sultans.
Afghani boxer, Md. Mustafa and Indian Deepak Kumar were the only two winners on the night for the UP Terminators.
In the first fight of the day, OPM Punjab Sultans' Amandeep Singh beat UP Terminators' Nick Zodinsanga in the Feather Weight category by 3 points as the contest was decided by Unanimous Decision.
Amandeep started strong and took the fight to the youngster from Mizoram. The 31-year-old threw some impressive punches on Nick. The third Round saw a similar story as Nick failed to make a mark on his opponent.

Amandeep held on and used his experience to keep out Nick's attacks in Round 4 to clinch the victory and give his side the early lead.

Terminators' Mustafa was given the responsibility to cut short the lead in the second fight of the night as he took on Sultans' Balkar Singh in the Welter Weight category.
The Afghani boxer did not disappoint his team in the first Round as he smacked a couple of clean one-twos on Singh. The Terminators' boxer continued his form in Round 2 as he became the clear favourite.
However, in Round 3, it was Balkar who made a comeback as he started a hefty exchange of punches which got the crowd going. In Round 4, it was Mustafa who came out on top as he won the bout through Unanimous Decision to put the teams level on points at 3-3.

The third fight saw Terminators' Sulav Magar take on Sultans' Saroj Bugalia in the Female Fly category.
Nepali boxer, Sulav started very strongly as she barged her opponent with some nasty blows. However, as the fight progressed, Saroj pulled up her socks to hit some good blows to her opponent in the next three Rounds.
It meant that Bugalia was awarded the win by Unanimous Decision to put her team OPM Punjab Sultans in the lead with a score line of 6-3.
The fourth fight saw Terminators' Deepak Kumar take on Sultans' Sagar Narwat in the Middle Weight category.
Both pugilists kept their shape in order to not give-in to their opponents' initial attacks but Sultans' Sagar Narwat was able to control the fight by the scruff of its neck as he threw some heavy hands on Deepak.

The latter seemed to have lost some confidence in himself as he looked more fatigued of the two boxers after the second round itself.
However, Kumar started Round 3 with fresh energy as he struck some barging blows which affected Sagar. The Terminators' boxer produced some beautiful combinations in Round 4 to make it a well balanced fight which eventually ended in Deepak winning the bout by Split Decision to put the teams level on points at 6-6 after four bouts.
The fifth fight of the night was between Terminators' Amitesh Chaubey and Sultans' Vicky Singh in the Super Middle Weight category.

Chaubey took the initiative early on as he produced some marvellous combinations to put pressure on Singh in Round 1 and 2. However, Singh held on to his composure in the next two Rounds to eventually win by Unanimous Decision.
In the decider, Sultans' Sumit Rangi faced Terminators' skipper Sandeep Dahiya.
Dahiya sustained the first Round but he could not manage to last even two Rounds as he was Knocked Out by a superb one-two punch from Sumit Rangi.
The referee stopped the match after 2 minutes and 20 seconds of Round 2 as OPM Punjab Sultans registered their first victory of Super Boxing League.

North East Tigers will take on Bahubali Boxers in their opening match of the league tomorrow.