Cuba training to pack punch to boxers' Asiad preparation

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Indian pugilists will spend a fortnight in Havana, sparring with their Cuban counterparts and pick up finer tricks of the trade in the process to be better equipped for this year's Asian Games.

According to an Indian Amateur Boxing Federation release here today, a 15-member team, accompanied by three coaches, will fly to Havana on Saturday for a training-cum-competition stint there and will return on October 31.

Squad: Sanjay Kisan Kolte and Amandeep Singh(48kg), Jitender Kumar and Arun Singh (51kg), Akhil KUmar and Lalit Chahel (54kg), Diwakar Prasad and Amandeep Singh (57kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar and Dilbagh Singh (64kg), Vijender (75kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg), Harpreet Singh (91kg) and Verghese Johnson (+91kg) Coaches: Iglesias Fernandes Blas Jose, Jaydev Bisht and Ajmer Singh.

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