Jab and Box Boxing arena was inaugurated on Tuesday morning at the Joggers Park in Chicalim-Vasco. Minister for Panchayat, Transport and Industries, Mauvin Godinho, President of the Jab and Box Boxing Club and Acting-Sarpanch of Sancoale, Girish Pillai, Treasurer of Goa Amateur Boxing Association, Danuska Da Gama graced the occasion. Three exhibition bouts were also held.
The new arena inside the brand new Joggers Park that is yet to be inaugurated has been a long pending dream of ex-boxers from Vasco who reined the ring in the 90’s.
Impressed with the equipment installed, Godinho said: “The intention is to provide a platform for the youth to engage in positive and exciting sports activities. Boxing, in particular, lacks sufficient support, and our aim was to establish a remarkable arena here. I am sure we can train boxers and then organise national and international boxing championships at the new stadium coming up.”
“A coach can play a big role in shaping a boxer. Technique, speed, footwork, and polishing is required and I will do everything possible to ensure boxers from Vasco get the best in terms of training,” he added.
Pillai said: “This was a dream of the members of the Jab and Box Boxing Club who were boxers in the 90’s. Back then we didn’t have support, finances or infrastructure. But, we always loved sports and wanted to do something in Vasco. This is a dream come true, and I hope the children from Vasco come forward to become champions and we will do our best to support their dreams and make them national medallists.”
He urged Goa Amateur Boxing Association and SAG to render support to the club that has taken the baton forward to initiate training.
Premenand Kudalkar, secretary of club, Praveen Kudalkar, Vincent Soundraj, Umesh Naik, Nitin Ajgaonkar, members of the club worked hard to make the inauguration a success and have been actively involved in setting up the arena in a matter of days.
