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.
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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, Hisar
2022 - Bronze at Asian Championships, Jordan
2022 - Bronze at Commonwealth Games, Birmingham
2021 - Silver at National Championships
2021 - Silver at Boxam International, Spain
2020 - Bronze at Cologne World Cup
2019 - Gold at Senior National, Baddi, HP
2019 - Silver at Thailand Open
2019 - 38th Gee Bee Boxing Tournament, Helsinki, Finland: Silver
2018 - Asian Games, Jakarta: Participated
2018 - Chemistry Cup; Halle: Gold
2018 - Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Bronze
2018 - 69th Strandja Memorial Tournament; Bulgaria: Bronze
2018 - India International Open Boxing Championship; New Delhi: Bronze
2017 - Ulaanbaatar Cup (Ulaanbaatar, MGL): Bronze
2017 - 68th Strandja Memorial Tournament; Bulgaria: Silver
2016 - Senior Nationals, Guwahati: Gold
2015 - Military World Games in South Korea: Bronze
2012 - World Youth Championships (Yerevan, ARM): Participant
2011 - Youth Nationals at Kakinada: Silver
2009 - Junior Nationals: Bronze