Deepak Tanwar

Deepak Tanwar (born 7 January 1994) is an Indian professional boxer. He was the Team captain of Maratha Yoddhas in Super Boxing League Season 1. He led the team by winning his four fights out of five fights in Super Boxing League Season 1 and became champion.[1][2][3] He won consecutive Gold medals at the Youth National Championships in 2011 and 2012.[4]

Early life

Born in Bhiwani Haryana, Deepak Tanwar started his boxing in 2004 at the age of 10 years. He got interested in boxing and started playing the game when he saw his cousin representing India. In couple of years i.e. in 2006 he was selected in Army Sports Institute and got training from the coaches there and learnt a lot from the senior boxers in the institute. In 2008, he won his first gold medal in Junior national championship held in Assam. Deepak Tanwar played his first international competition in 2009.[5]

Boxing career

Performance in pro boxing
  • Played 4 professional fights and won all of them with 2 knock out victories.
  • Team captain of Maratha Yoddhas in Super Boxing League season 1.
  • Lead the team Maratha Yoddhas by winning his 4 fights out of 5 fights in Super Boxing League and became season 1 champions.

Performance in amateur boxing
  • Won gold medal in Junior National Championship 2008.
  • Won gold medal in Youth National Games 2011.
  • Won Gold medal in Youth National Games 2012.
  • Won Silver medal in All India Super Cup 2010.
  • Quarter Finalist in Senior Tammer Cup 2012 held in Finland.
  • Represented India in Youth World Championship in 2012.

Acting career

Deepak Tanwar will make his Bollywood debut with Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film Mukkabaaz along with Neeraj Goyat.[6]

References
  1. "Maratha Yoddhas win Super Boxing League". Indianexpress.com. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. "Maratha Yoddhas win Super Boxing League". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. "Maratha Yoddhas hammer Bahubali Boxers 12-6 to secure pole position in SBL". In.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. "DEEPAK TANWAR". Proboxingindia.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Besties, boxing opponents and now also co-stars". Asianage.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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