Knocked down by extreme poverty along with the apathy of the authorities concerned, ace boxer Romikant Bhasin, who had won over a dozen gold medals in various state, university and national level championships, is a disillusioned man today. Having devoted the prime of his life to his favourite sport of boxing, Romikant, in absence of any job or vocation which could fetch him some money to support his family, is running from pillar to post in search of employment.
“Earlier, a private company had promised to employ me as coach. However, someone else was later accommodated in my place,” alleged Romikant, while speaking to The Tribune here.
“I started my career in boxing in 1978 when I took admission in Sports College, Jalandhar,” he said, adding that his first success came in the Guru Nanak Dev University Inter College Championship where he won a gold medal in the featherweight category.
