Dolly Singh, Ram Sahani and Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri (left to right), who were adjudged the best boxers of the state meet in the women’s, sub-junior boys’ and men’s categories, respectively. Picture by Santosh Ghosh

Calcutta: The sister duo of Dolly and Rinki Singh from the School of Physical Culture (SOPC) stole the limelight with their golden performance on the final day of the state boxing championships at Body Guard Lines on Tuesday.

In the women’s (46kg) section, younger Dolly defeated Suman Kumari of Kidderpore School of Physical Culture (KSOPC).

Dolly was on the top right from the start against Suman and notched up the win comfortably. However, her sister Rinki in the women’s (54kg) category, had a tough time against Monu Hela of KSOPC.

Hela’s punch in the first round didn’t miss much of Rinki. However in the next two rounds, Rinki came back strong to the clinch gold.

However, their proud father, Raj Kumar Singh ? a sergeant of the Calcutta Police ? had to be satisfied with silver as he lost to Rajib Ghosh of Durgapur Sub-Division Amateur Boxing Association (DSABA), in the men’s heavy weight category.

In the first round, Singh with his strong punches didn’t give Ghosh any chance to hit back. But some intelligent play by Ghosh saw Singh being fatigued out soon. Ghosh took the opportunity and hit back strong and Singh retired soon before the end of the final round.

In the men’s lightwelter division, the referee stopped the contest between Mohammed Tarique and Rakesh Chowdhury with the latter flooring the opponent in less than a minute.

Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri (KSOPC), Ram Sahani and Dolly Singh were adjudged the best boxers in men’s, sub-junior and women’s categories, respectively.

Results (all finals)

Sub-junior ? B-46: Ram Sahani (SOPC) bt Sameer Mishra (KSOPC); A-50: M. Feroze (DSABA) bt Prasanta Khetrapal (BH.B.A); A-57: Amar Roy (BHBA) bt M. Shahjahan (KSOPC).

Women ? 46kg: Dolly Singh (SOPC) bt Suman Kumari (KSOPC); 54kg: Rinki Singh (SOPC) bt Monu Hela (KSOPC).

Men ? Lightfly: Bishnu Bahadur Chhetri (KSOPC) bt Santosh Dome (DSABA); Light: M. Tarique (WB Police) bt Rakesh Chowdhury (KSOPC); Heavy: Rajib Ghosh (DSABA) bt Raj Kumar Singh (CP).