Express News Service
NAMAKKAL: S Thilak dreams of representing India in the Olympics, boxing to cheers and making his country proud. The 20-year-old from Nammakkal trains for at least seven hours a day, and then opens his academy and coaches his 30 students in kickboxing.
Recounting his beginning in Class VII, Thilak said, “My physical training teacher asked me to take part in kickboxing. I was enthusiastic, but lost my first 15 matches in school as there were no good coaches. After my father passed away, I had to help my mother, and hence couldn’t focus on the game for a few years.”