Shiva Thapa Marks His Father An Epitome Of Strength Despite His Financial Challenges

Shiva Thapa's father Padam Thapa was a steely determined person who despite hard task of running a family of nine members including six children helped nation's finest boxer to bring highest honor to land.

   

Ring of boxing is a tough arena to withstand pressure and claim title at international levels which Shiva Thapa's father who on the vice versa is a karate instructor dared to dream big along with his son under all financial constrains.

Shiva Thapa recollects when his father took care of his necessity to prepare his career as boxer from his sneakers to all. This bronze-medalist World Champion's early childhood challenge to chase his boxing dream was not easy as he had to undergo strenuous drill as there was no better alternative to his canvas shoe. But he and his brother Gobind were never dejected when they approached to their father for sneakers.

Neither Shiva's father imposed too much strain on his two sons to excel in their studies equivalently as in boxing where during clash with schedules in between exam and boxing competition, convince their school authority to exemption. Even his school authority showed support in Shiva's goal for excellence in boxing and felicitated him on his success.

In this boxing relation Shiva's father became not his powerful career drive but also a friend as he was the constant person he had witnessed in his life. Rest friendship stuff he does it through social media as he hardly finds time for them. There was once a big disheartening time for Shiva Thapa when he had completely lost faith that he could endure in this career due to initial round failure at national challenge but his father was able to drive him ahead to knock out all prestigious titles nationally and internationally.

Apart from boxing today Shiva is placed with dignified job at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) due to his dedication and quality to excel when he is off from the sports ground. Moreover today Shiva has ability to deliver to his father what he had given him financially but not to his pillar of strength to stay tough to meet his family goals under all rough knock out phases which as a son he must have realized. All thumbs up to father and son duo effort to lift India's spirit in the field of boxing.