Dinko singh biography of donald

  • Boxer Dingko Singh passed away this morning after a long battle with cancer.
  • Dingko Singh, who inspired a generation of Indian pugilists with his swashbuckling ring craft and flamboyant personality, died on Thursday after a long battle.
  • Temperamentally, the very hot-headed Ding'KO was very sharp and at the same time possessed extraordinarily scientific boxing skills.

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    A Supernova called Dingko Singh: Asian Games gold medalist passes away

    He exploded on the scen like a seasoned superstar. Not many fit this description in Indian sports, especially without an Olympic medal, but then Dingko Singhwas unlike most.

    All of 42 and kvartet years after losing over 70 per cent of his liver to cancer, Dingko breathed his gods at his Imphal home on Thursday, leaving Indian boxing stunned and the many he inspired with a deep sense of void in their lives.

    His single biggest sporting achievement was an Asian Games gold in the 1998 Bangkok edition, which was India's first in 16 years. But bigger than that was the impact he had on those who watched him out-punch two Olympic medalists that year.

    "Oh my god, he was spectacular. That style was something else," recalled M C Mary Komwhile talking about how she excitedly queued up to watch him kamp in a show bout in Manipur after he came back from the Asiad.

    "Main theek hun ji, ghabraiye nahi kuch nahi hota mujhe

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    Dingko Singh: Indian boxing’s original star fades away

    Some 2,500 kilometres away from Bhiwani, Suranjoy Singh paints a similar picture, only with a bigger setting in a village in Manipur. “There were about 40-odd kids, and a TV and generator was arranged for us just to watch the fight,” said Suranjoy. “I had just started boxing and his medal showed us that we can reach the stars.”

    Suranjoy went on to win an Asian Games bronze and Commonwealth Games gold in 2010, while Vijender went a step higher, clinching a bronze at the 2008 Olympics.

    The man who provided them with the spark to become boxers, Dingko Singh, died on Thursday at the age of 42 after a four-year long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

    Also read | A Supernova called Dingko Singh

    Dingko’s 1998 gold — the first Asiad gold for Indian boxing in 16 years — had an outsized impact on the sport in the country. He inspired a whole generation of boxers who then went on to put India on the

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    Asian Games gold-winning former boxer Dingko Singh dies

    Asian Games gold medal-winning former boxer Dingko Singh, who inspired a generation of Indian pugilists with his swashbuckling ring craft and flamboyant personality, died on Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer.
    He was 42 and had been fighting the disease since 2017. He is survived by his wife Babai Ngangom, a son and a daughter.

    During his battle with cancer, the former bantamweight (54kg) boxer's health woes were compounded by a bout of jaundice and COVID-19 last year.
    "We lost a legend," Olympic-bound boxer Vikas Krishan said summing up what he meant to Indian boxing.

    Dingko's gold in the Bangkok Asiad was the first in 16 years for Indian boxing after Kaur Singh's top finish at the regional showpiece's 1982 edition.
    Sports Minister Kiren Rijijuoffered condolences on his demise along with the national federation and a host of Indian boxers, some of whom have only heard tales of his
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