Wanniarachchi dazzles against Tanzania

BOXING: Sri Lanka's Manju Wanniarachchi put up a fine performance to beat Ally Kimwaga of Tanzania in their second dual boxing meet organised by the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka and worked off at the Trans Asia Hotel yesterday.

Wanniarachchi completely outplayed his opponent 31-22 on points before the referee decided to stop the contest during the third round of the bantam weight under 54 kgs weight class event. Ally had earlier beaten Sri Lanka's N. S. P. Silva on points 20-13 in the first dual meet held at the Sugathadasa indoor stadium on Saturday.

Meanwhile Tanzanian Charles Mtagwa had the better of Sri Lankan M. P. S. Karunaratne in the light weight under 60 kgs weight class event with the referee deciding to stop the contest.

Mtagwa had also defeated Sri Lanka's A. G. K. Sameera on points 32-20 in the first dual meet. In addition Sri Lanka's Nilantha Bandara also went down to Simon Petra of Tanzania on points 12-21 in the light welter weight under 64 kgs weight class .