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Mohd. Ali Qamar is one of the talented newcomers in the Indian boxing circuit. With prodigious boxers like Dingko Singh no longer in their prime, Qamar is being hailed as the new hope of Indian boxing.
A native of Kolkata, Qamar was crowned the inter-district champion at Howrah in 1991 and he followed it up by winning sub-junior titles in the light flyweight class from 1992 to 1996.
In 2002, Muhammad Ali Qamar created history by becoming the first Indian boxer to win a Commonwealth gold medal at the Manchester Games. In the title match, with just 43 seconds remaining, Qamar outlasted England's Darren Langley after taking a standing count in the last round to give India its first boxing gold in the Commonwealth Games.
