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Sylvestrian Malcolm Bulner was a top class boxer-By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy has produced some of the top class boxers . This school is situated in the heart of the seat of ancient Sinhala Kings and remains as the one and only school in the country if not in the World to have produced a sportsman who was selected to represent two different countries at two different Olympic games. That is none other than boxer Malcolm Bulner. One of the top class boxers to come out of Kandy was Malcolm Bulner; He was a unique boxer that Kandy and the country produced with an unmatchable record.From the time he sported his gloves at St. Sylvester’s College and up to the time he migrated to Australia he was never beaten by any boxer in our country,No boxer has this record. What is more significant is, as a schoolboy ...

Jul 16, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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Retired DIG’s Anguish – by Dr. Tilak S. Fernando   The writer and his partner were invited on 1 January 2022 by the Ceylon oldest living Olympian boxer-retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sumith Liyanage, with some guests. Our conversation at the lunch table discussed details of Sumith’s career in Sri Lanka’s Police Force. During the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Sumith Liyanage fought in the same ring where young Cassius Clay as an amateur fought (earlier )in the light heavyweight category. It was at the Palazzo Dello Sports arena against Poland’s Jerzy Adamski. Sumith Liyanage was an old Anandian and Nalandian. He showed his liveliness in cricket when he played for Ananda and Nalanda. He was an opening fiery right-hand bowler, but his forte was boxing.  Olympics During New Year’s lunch when the topic of Boxing came up, the writer asked Sumith Liyanage whether he ever confronted Cassius Clay in ...

May 11, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Tilak S Fernando Tagged , , , , , ,
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The wild boar turned bull in the ring-BY ALLAAM OUSMAN Source:Sundayobserver Sumith Liyanage (extreme left) at Rome’s Leonarda Da Vinci on their arrival for the 1960 Olympics. The five-man team also included Linus Diaz (athletics), Tony Williams (swimming), Maurice Coomeravel (cycling), Dharmasiri Weerakoon (boxing) with Darley Ingleton as manager Sri Lanka’s oldest living Olympian mistakenly shot for an animal in the jungle had the commitment and qualities that are still unsurpassed inside or outside the sporting arena One of the proudest boasts of Sri Lanka’s oldest living Olympian, boxer Sumith Liyanage, is that he fought in the same ring as Muhammad Ali then known as Cassius Clay at the Pallazzo Dello Sport in Rome 1960. Ali dazzled both in and out of the ring to win the light heavyweight gold medal and went on to become heavyweight champion of the world. Johnny Wakelin released what became a popular hit single ...

Jul 12, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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