Tyson fan does India proud in the ring
Posted by barunroy on May 15, 2008
HE FINDS cricket unattractive and loves Mike Tyson because of the sport he plays. “I just love him and the way he boxed,” he says rather coyly. “That’s the reason why I have donned the gloves.” And cricket? “It has never fascinated me.” Shiva Thapa has no time to regret. At age 15, he is enjoying life and pursuing his passion. Thapa is just back from
his first successful international competition in Azerbaijan. Out of the five boxers who participated in the event, Thapa go to India a historic gold while Devendra Singh won a bronze in the 48kg category. Thapa’s gold came in the 50kg category against Azerbaijan’s Gurbanzade Saikhan during the Hyder Aliyev International Tournament in Baku. “It’s been a great experience,” said Thapa, who is now training at Pune’s Army Sports Institute.
Before his induction into the institute, Thapa learnt to trade punches at the Sports Authority of India centre in Guwahati under coach Amar Deka. While representing the state, he won his first title in the Sub-Junior Nationals three years ago.
“It’s here where they selected me for the boys scouts programme,” said Thapa. For Davendro, staying away from his family has been a pain but he has over come it while training at ASI, Pune. “You have to do this for a living,” he says with a smile. Learning his craft with Ibomcha Singh in Imphal, he was selected to the boys scouts programme four years ago. His dexterity in the ring invited praise from coach Mahender Singh-Bhaka, who accompanied the team for the event. “I am very pleased not only with Thapa but also with the other boxers’ performances,” said Dhaka.
“They are our future.” Muralidharan Raja, secretary of the Indian Boxing Federation (IABF), also said the boxers were India’s medal hopes for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. “Our immediate focus is on the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune this year. We will train and build them up for the next Commonwealth Games. By then, most of the junior boys will be ready to replace the seniors,” he said.
The other participants in the Baku meet were world cadet champion in the 48kg category; Vikas Yadav, who competed in the 57kg category in this event, Vikas Khatri (52kg) and Anil K Kumar (60kg). [Hindustan Times]
May 15, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Congrats Shiva Thapa, am proud of him as he is from my home state
Congrats to his coach, Mr Deka too.
May 15, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Hip hip hurray for Shiva Thapa!!!Hamro Golden Boy!
May 15, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Congratulations to Shiva Thapa…Barun how about putting his name in the headline…that way more folks will click to see the article…and maybe many more will be inspired.
Personally though…Yam Shreshtha if you can put in a good word with the coach maybe you should ask him to get more contemporary and tell his coach to tell Shiv Thapa to say he is very impressed with that man mountain “KHALI MAHA BALI” ha!
: )
Rashmi
May 15, 2008 at 9:24 pm
cheers
May 15, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Shiva, Shiva Thapa Ali
Moves like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Arrey Rashmi, hamro golden boy le 50 kgs boxing category ma gold jitoyo. Kahan timile teo pahar freestyle WWF Khali sanga comparison gari raha chha
Shiva, Shiva Thapa Ali
Moves like a butterfly and stings like a bee
May 15, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Jyoti…yeah Shiva our Ali…50kg ma boxing champ…already…Great…amy just saying if he had said something about Khali he’d be PAGE1 news everywhere & on the TV channels…as is I just about saw the article on him in the papers & that too I would have missed if a Hindi paper had not said…Thapa ka swarn “punch” - naturally I had to read…Thapa who?
; )
May 15, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Barun do put his Shiva Thapas name on the headline…PUHLEEEZ : )
May 15, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Bravo Shiva for makeing us and India proud. keep on what u do best. Best wishes
May 16, 2008 at 7:51 am
Khali is a commercially created program hyped on TV hero so obviously he will be in the news. Hamro Golden boy is army background so he will not be allowed to say Khali mera hero. But he is our Muhammed Ali and Tyson. Catch me if you can.
May 16, 2008 at 8:15 am
Sorry for those who might know. ‘Catch me if you can’ was a hit song dedicated to famous boxer Mohammed Ali which had the lines ‘moves like a butterfly, stings like a bee’. Pl kindly also create a song for Shiva Thapa, Hamro Golden boy. Prashant, Shiva wow our boys are doing very well.
May 16, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Thanks Aardee,
Yes, I’m trying to get in touch with Mr. Deka thru’ Assam Times.
May 16, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Barun what happened to the Sunil Chhetri article I sent you - Sunil was the All India Football Player of the year -2007 player…that means he still is Player of the year until they declare a new player or possibly Sunil Chhetri again as player of the year in December 2008…
May 16, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Aardee, I have already done a story on Sunil Chhetri and it was published on Beacon Online along with her sister publications. All the stories were published in March and so you might want to go through Beacon Online Archives or search for Sunil Chettri on Beacon Online
June 15, 2008 at 4:51 pm
thanxx 4 the comments
June 21, 2008 at 7:05 pm
keep on moving like that.hope u go very far in ur life. and get whatever u want.ur life will be full of succes.with best regards from me and my family.my sweeeeeeet bro shiva(mushooooooooooo)
June 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm
hi muso! u r my superhero. keep playing like that.no 1 can beat u.my blesses are with u. i want 2 see u in 2012 olympics game in london.i’ll always pray for u.i congrats u for the gold in ur first international tour and for the upcoming tours.mero ra baglama ko ashirwad cha.timi har kadam ma safalta panchau.papu
July 3, 2008 at 4:35 am
hi Thapa is very much talented i saw his boxing As a world cup medalist my view if we trained peoperly sure he will win medal in major tournament, wish you good luck, i hope 2010 comen wealth games he will win gold.
July 3, 2008 at 4:37 am
hi i am v.Devarajan olympian ans world cup boxng bronze medalist in 1994 wish you good luck for thapa.