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Paramjeet Samota
Paramjeet Singh is a young boxing talent from India who was born on 5th July 1988.

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Paramjeet Samota, Indian BoxerParamjeet Samota was born on 5th July 1988, is an Indian boxer, and is a popular name in the Indian boxing arena.

Career of Paramjeet Samota
He received gold medal in boxing in the category of super heavy weight at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the year 2010, on 13th October, the finals match he defeated Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad & Tobago 5-1.

In the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in New Delhi from 10-18 March 2010, he along with five other fellow Indians won gold medal. He won in the finals against New Zealand`s Joseph Parker 7-3. He received bronze medal in the Men`s Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semi-finals

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