Former Indian boxer Dingko Singh, who was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2017, passed away. He was born 1 Jan 1979 in Manipur, India.
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He won the gold medal for India in the 1998 Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand in 54kg Cat. He also received Country’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 2013
He was a service personnel of the Indian Navy (Master Chief Petty Officer).
He is considered to have been one of the most outstanding boxers India ever produced. He won the King’s cup in Bangkok in 1997.
In his journey to the gold, Dingko achieved a major upset by defeating Wong Prages Sontaya, an excellent boxer from Thailand in the semifinal match.