12 June, 2022
Sri Lanka’s national fly weight champion Ishan Ranjeewa Seneviratne Bandara won a silver medal at the Eindhoven Box Cup international boxing meet in the Netherlands. He lost to England’s Ellis Throbridge on points in the 51kg final after having stopped another Englishman in the first round of the semifinal clash with a barrage of blows. A bronze medallist at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the 31-year-old Army pugilist is Sri Lanka’s number one choice for the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Here Bandara (left) is pictured displaying his silver medal posing with his final opponent and Boxing Association of Sri Lanka president Dian Gomes.