Mohammed Hussamuddin and his journey to the top

The pugilist has made it to the semi-finals of ongoing World Championships and is assured of bronze medal.

Hailing from a family of boxers, Mohammed Hussamuddin is the youngest of six brothers, four of whom are seriously entrenched in the sport. Hussamuddin, whose role model is Vasyl Lomachenko, two-time Olympic Champion, was afraid to don the gloves until his father and coach, Mohammad Shamsuddin, got him to shed that fear and taught him the art of boxing at the Collectorate grounds in Nizamabad, north Telangana.

The 29-year-old went on to outshine his siblings and established himself in the state-level competitions before moving on to the national scene, making his debut in the 2009 junior Nationals at Aurangabad, claiming bronze. He turned it into gold in his debut at the senior nationals.

The boxer’s potential was spotted early and in 2011, he was sent to a fortnight-long stint of training and competition to Havana, Cuba, before participating in the 2012 Tammer Tournament in Finland and later in the Youth World Championship in Yerevan, Armenia.

His barren-run in the international outings ended with bronze at the 2015 Military World Games. Since then, he has been on the up and today he has evolved into one of the finest boxers in the country in his weight category.

With a bronze in Commonwealth Games 2018 and a gold in the Chemistry Cup, Hussamuddin continued to shine and bag silver at the Gee Bee Boxing Tournament in 2019. He won silver at the Boxam International in march 2021 and finished 2022 with bronze medal at CWG and Asian Championships. One of the most experienced campaigners in the squad, Hussamuddin will be looking to make it count at his debut World Championships.

Achievements:

2023 - Gold at Senior Nationals, Hisar2022 - Bronze at Asian Championships, Jordan2022 - Bronze at Commonwealth Games, Birmingham2021 - Silver at National Championships2021 - Silver at Boxam International, Spain2020 - Bronze at Cologne World Cup2019 - Gold at Senior National, Baddi, HP2019 - Silver at Thailand Open2019 - 38th Gee Bee Boxing Tournament, Helsinki, Finland: Silver2018 - Asian Games, Jakarta: Participated2018 - Chemistry Cup; Halle: Gold2018 - Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Bronze2018 - 69th Strandja Memorial Tournament; Bulgaria: Bronze2018 - India International Open Boxing Championship; New Delhi: Bronze2017 - Ulaanbaatar Cup (Ulaanbaatar, MGL): Bronze2017 - 68th Strandja Memorial Tournament; Bulgaria: Silver2016 - Senior Nationals, Guwahati: Gold2015 - Military World Games in South Korea: Bronze2012 - World Youth Championships (Yerevan, ARM): Participant2011 - Youth Nationals at Kakinada: Silver2009 - Junior Nationals: Bronze