more-inFormer national boxing champion and Arjuna awardee Dennis Swamy passed away on Tuesday afternoon following a massive stroke at his residence in Artillery Centre (Golconda) here. Regarded in his heyday as one of the most scientific boxers the country has ever produced, Dennis was also a coach at the then Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, training his wards at Gymkhana Ground. One of his biggest misgivings was missing out on the Tokyo Olympics for non-sporting reasons. “That was the saddest day in my life,” he had said in an interview with The Hindu a few years ago. Former SAI boxing coach Emani Chiranjeevi, Sports Authority of Telangana boxing coach Omkar Yadav and boxing officials Jayaram Reddy and B.D.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2017 16:41 UTC