{"id":67300,"date":"2021-06-19T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=67300"},"modified":"2021-06-19T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T13:36:35","slug":"veteran-boxing-coach-passes-away-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/veteran-boxing-coach-passes-away-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran boxing coach passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Veteran boxing coach passes away<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67301 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Veteran-boxing-coach-passes-away.jpg\" alt=\"Veteran boxing coach passes away\" width=\"462\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailynews.lk\/2021\/06\/19\/sports\/251994\/veteran-boxing-coach-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Former national boxing champion and renowned boxing coach U. A. T. Sumanapala has passed away. He was 81 at the time of his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He won the featherweight (Under 126lbs) title at the National Boxing Championship in 1966 having enlisted in the Army as an apprentice in March 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was more renowned as a coach, being involved in coaching the Army Boxing Team from 1968 to 1985 and St. John\u2019s College, Nugegoda from 1982. 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