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‘Boxing Karu’ was the cynosure of all eyes in 1960s Herath Karunaratne Source:Dailynews Herath Kapuralage Karunaratne, also known as ‘Boxing Karu’ represented Sri Lanka at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. Karu was born on October 21, 1941 in Karawanella and was the second in a family of 11 children. He had his early education at Karawanella Junior School and secondary education at the Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya, Katana. ...