MUMBAI, October 24: B Pyngrope of Indian Navy scored two impressive victories on the opening day of the three-day Maharashtra State Open Invitational Boxing Championships at the Central Maidan here, today.Pyngrope outclassed both his opponents R Mahajan (AG College, Nagpur) and J Jadhav (CR Inst) winning in the first rounds.In the light flyweight category, G Bahadur of Vishwajit Sports Club was stylish and faced a slugger in M Kanojia (TDBA).Bahadur waded in and out and connected his jabs with regularity. But Kanojia could withstand all the punishment his opponent could throw at him and with a little bit of technique and ring craft could have made an impact. In the feather-weight PP Singh of Indian Navy was very confident and started on the right note with a straight right throwing S Mahagaonkar of Sunday Sporting Association on the ropes Mahagaonkar did come back strongly could not upset Singh who won on points.ResultsLight-fly: P Gohil (BMCLD) bt D Ekhare (Bhusawal BC) RSC 1st round; M Kanojia (TDABA) lost to G Bahadur (Vishwajit Sports Club, Mumbai) on points; S Ghag (Siddharth) lost to M Thappa (VSC) RSC 1st; J Shinde (Pune Sports Assn.) bt R Bagade (AGC, Pune) on pts; R Tayade (BBC) lost to B Hedoo (Nagpur BC) RSC 1st; D Lokhande (BBC) lost to S Lonkar (SSA) RSC 2nd; M Sonawane (JDABA) lost to S Buradkar (Trishka Bhusawal) KO 1st.Fly: M Satankar (BBC) bt T Nile (BBC) KO 2nd; S Kanojia (Siddharth) bt G Khanagle (BMCCD) KO 1st; L Sharma (JDABA) lost to S Khanpatole (Nagpur) RSC 2nd; B Murmu (Navy) bt Kiran Tapkir (SSV, Pune) RSC 1st; K Dass (CR Inst) bt S Salunke (ABC, Bhusawal) RSC 1st.Feather: Mohd Ziauddin (NBC) bt P Bhagat (Ruia) pts; A Tripati (TDABA) lost to S Nikam (JDABA) RSC 1st; T Vaithy (Kirti) bt S Mandhare (TDABA) RSC 1st; PP Singh (Navy) bt S Mangaonkar (SSA) pts; V Patil (Mumbai) bt D Kushwant (Siddharth) pts; G Khan (AGC Sadar Nagpur) bt Mohd Ziauddin (NBC) RSC 1st; S Nikam (Siddharth) lost to T Vaithy (Kirti) RSC 1st.Bantam: V Chavan (SSVM, Pune) bt N Londhe (Pune SA) retd; S Jadhav (Pune, SA) bt V Nikam (Siddharth) pts; N Kamble (TSSA) bt B Konki (TDABA) KO 2nd; S Chandale (CR, Bhusawal) lost to N Kamble (SSA) RSC 1st; D Konki (TDABA) bt Y Salunki (MDBC, Bhusawal) RSC 2nd; B Pyngrope (Navy) bt R Mahajan (AG College, Nagpur).Mithibai topMithibai defeated Model 15-6, 15-2, 15-11 to claim the men's Inter-collegiate volleyball title at the University Stadium on Friday.In the women's section, Sathaye downed Rizvi 15-12, 15-9, 15-11 for top honours.Six share leadSix share lead at the end of the fourth round in the under-10 category of the Bournvita Inter-school chess tournament at Patuck Technical School, Vakola.Fifth seed Nilesh Yevle and Prajakta Yevle, eighth seed Niharika Thakkar and the Khalwadekar brothers Akash and Ambar and Swapna Ramkumar all had a 100 per cent record.
