more-inDennis Swamy was the ‘King in the Ring’ and a commoner off the arena. This former national boxing champion suffered a massive stroke at his residence on Tuesday and was declared dead after being rushed to a private hospital. A simpleton to the core, he was another shining symbol in the world of sports from Hyderabad who rarely got his due. In a way, destiny never really smiled on this boxer, rated by his contemporaries as a truly extraordinary, scientific boxer. Sports lost an achiever from an era when sheer passion drove many athletes to transgress the barriers and scale stardom.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2017 20:41 UTC