Indian Boxer Subedar Major Satish Kumar is the epitome of the Indian Army’s core ethos of ‘Naam, Namak, Nishaan’ who fought with 13 stitches on his face. “My wife had told me not to fight. My children (son and daughter) were both watching. I hope they felt proud of their father.”
He is the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics in the super heavyweight category. Boxer Satish Kumar lost to Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov 5-0 in the men’s super heavyweight (+91kg) quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, missing out on a medal in the process. A win would have guaranteed him at least a bronze medal as there are no bronze medal playoffs in boxing.
Earlier Subedar Major Satish Kumar Indian Army, Kumaon Regiment won Silver Medal at the Cologne Boxing World Cup 2020 Germany in the +91 kg category and he was also awarded by the Government of India, the Arjuna Award in 2018. For the better part of his life, Indian boxer Satish Kumar knew nothing about the sport he would eventually embark on to make his career.
Like thousands of kids growing up in the early noughties, the superheavyweight was a fan of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and he recently shared an amusing story of how a myth was shattered for him as a 19-year-old.
“I heard about boxing for the first time in 2008. Otherwise, I used to think that WWE is boxing,” he told the Indo-Asian News Service agency. “I knew Undertaker and John Cena but not real boxing.”
The Indian boxer was always a sport-inclined kid, dabbling in cricket and hockey in his formative years, but never seriously considered taking anything up and he credits the army for his current status.
“If it wasn’t for the army, I don’t think I would be where I am now. I come from a place where not many set goals for themselves early in life but after I joined the army, I got the direction,” he added.
We are proud of our brave warrior.
Indian Boxer Subedar Major Satish Kumar is the epitome of Indian Army’s core ethos of
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‘Naam, Namak, Nishaan’ who fought with 13 stitches on his face.
"My wife had told me not to fight. My children (son and daughter) were both watching. I hope they felt proud of their father." pic.twitter.com/RC6HGineci
