Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh (born 2 April 1986) is an amateur boxer from Manipur

Manipur

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, India

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. The diminutive pugilist is a livewire inside the ring and is known for his aggressive style. He is affectionately called by his team-mates as the Little Tyson.

Career

In the initial years of his career, besides several Gold Medals at the State and National Level championships Suranjoy also won a bronze medal in 2004 at the Junior World Championship.

2009

The 24-year-old Manipuri lad also ended a 15-year wait for India by winning gold at the Asian Boxing Championships

Asian Amateur Boxing Championships

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, at Zhuhai

Zhuhai

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, China

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, in June 2009. He was also the lone Indian boxer to win a gold medal at that event. The last gold medal for India in the Asian championship came in the 1994 edition in Tehran

Tehran

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 where Rajkumar Sangwan finished on top in the super heavyweight category. He also became the first Indian boxer

Boxing

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 to win the Gold Medal in the 51 kg Flyweight

Flyweight

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 Category at the Inter-Continental President's Cup in Baku

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, Azerbaijan

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 in December 2009, the first-ever by an Indian in an Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA)

International Boxing Association

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 organised event. He was also the first Indian to be declared the 'best boxer' of any Senior Men's Boxing Championships at the world level. He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest

Olympic Gold Quest

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2009 has been a memorable year for Suranjoy. Starting with the A K Mishra International event in Chandigarh

Chandigarh

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, Suranjoy went on to finish at the top in the European Grand Prix, the Asian Championships and the President's Cup. In between he also claimed the national title in the flyweight category.

2010

He won a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi in March 2010. He won the flyweight gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

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 in Delhi

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on 13 October 2010. In the final of the event, he won by a walkover after his opponent, Benson Njangiru of Kenya failed to show.