Rahul Ganguly to fight for WBF Asia Pacific title

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 20 2016 | 5:57 PM IST
Continuing the trend of professional boxing events in India, Rahul Ganguly will square off against Indonesia's Jack Amisa in a 10-round contest for the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Asia Pacific flyweight title here tomorrow.
The 25-year-old Ganguly, who has an accumulated experience of 3 bouts (two wins and a loss), will be up against an tremendously more experienced rival in Amisa.
Amisa has fought a total of 65 bouts in his professional career, winning 21 of them, losing in 42 besides drawing a two.
Tomorrow's fight card, being organised by Raftaar Promotions at the Talkatora Stadium, also includes five undercard bouts of four rounds each.
In the 64kg category, Dharamvir Arya will face Nigeria's Aboy Mmadueke of Nigeria. In the same category, Shiva will square off against Nepal's Sanjay Thapa.
In 76kg, Sanjay Tokas will be up against Congo's V S Eddy, while Pradeep Kumar (79kg) will take on compatriot Saurav. In 81kg, Baljit Rathi will face Sandeep Kumar.

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First Published: Oct 20 2016 | 5:57 PM IST

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