Boxing: M Suranjoy Singh, L Devendro Singh join men’s coaching team ahead of world championships

Commonwealth Games medal-winners M Suranjoy Singh and L Devendro Singh, whose stellar boxing careers were cut short by injuries, have been roped in as coaches for men by the national federation ahead of this month’s world championships.

The 29-year-old Devendro and the 35-year-old Suranjoy are among 14 coaches that have been short-listed for the national camp in Patiala, starting this week. The mega-event, featuring over 600 boxers from more than 100 countries, begins on October 24 in Belgrade, Serbia.

The other prominent names in the coaching staff are head coach Narender Rana, former junior coach MS Dhaka, the seasoned Dharmendra Yadav and former boxers Diwakar Parsad and Torak Kharpan among others. The development was confirmed to PTI by BFI Secretary General Hemanta Kalita.

Interestingly, both Suranjoy and Devendro have trained under Dhaka at the junior level.

While Suranjoy is a gold-medallist from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2009 Asian Championships, Devendro won a silver in the CWG and made the pre-quarters of the Olympic Games in London, 2012.

Suranjoy had been named an assistant coach in 2017 as well but he could not accept the position due to some personal issues.

“The last time I was named, there were family problems, abhi sab theek han, join kar lenge,” the Manipuri, who…

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