Mumbai boxer Simran: My mother single-handedly raised me and my brothers

Mumbai boxer Simran Verma who won a silver medal at the recentlyconcluded ASBC Asian Youth amp Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai has thanked the sport for giving her an outlet to show her aggressionVerma 17 went down fighting to Uzbek boxer Kazakova Feruza 05 in the youth womens 52kg final for the silver medalVerma said it was unfortunate that she didnt get to fight the semis in Dubai She got a walkover after her Kazakhstan opponent Khava Bolkoyeva tested positive for Covid19Verma won a prize cheque of USD3000 approx Rs 218 lakhSimran Verma in blue during her final in Dubai recentlyRecollecting how she got into boxing the teenager said I am a very shy girl I havent had many friends and boxing gave me the opportunity to show my aggression inside the ring I was an asthma patient and the doctor advised me to start running I would go to the SAI Kandivli ground to run One day I watched a girl fight a boy When I saw how she gave him a tough fight I decided to try boxing I told my mother Reena about it and she readily agreed In 2019 a talent scout recommended my name to JSW Sportsrsquo American coach Ronald Simms I was called for trials at Inspire Institute of Sport Bellary Karnataka I was chosen and there has been no looking back Simms sir has gone back to the US and now John Warburton sir takes care of our training Also the Boxing Federation of India and the Sports Authority of India have given us a great coach in Bhaskar Bhatt who trains us at the national camp Verma who won gold at the Nationals held in Sonepat last July told middaycomThe Kandivli resident said watching her mother struggle to raisemdashherself and brothers Rahul 21 and Sameer 15 as a single parent motivates her to excel My father died in an accident when I was a kid Since then my mother has singlehandedly raised the three of us She works at a salon in Thakur Village She is my idol I want to achieve something in life so that I can give her a comfortable life My dream is to buy her a house in Mumbai as we live in a rented accommodation I plan to give the USD 3000 prize money I won in Dubai to mom said Verma a Class XII student of Thakur Ramnarayan College of Arts amp Commerce in DahisarMeanwhile Verma whose first international medal was in 2019 a silver at Serbia Nations Cup wants to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar before getting back to training I got to meet my family after almost a year I am here in Mumbai for just three days and then I head back to the hostel If there are no camps in the coming days I would love to go on a small vacation to Golden Temple with mom and my brothers said Verma who aims to be a part of the Indian Olympics team for the 2024 or 2028 GamesAlso Read Rohit Sharma on opening in Tests in 2019 Knew it was my last chance