Bandara, Principal of his school Sri Dheerananda National School, Pilimatalawe, KandyFrom time to time, we come across sports people who make an immediate impact on you. The officials of the SLABA, including its President Dian Gomez who himself was in attendance to watch the young boxers in action, could certainly take a bow. With his two elder brothers having taken part in boxing, Kavindu had taken up boxing in January 2018 under the tutelage of the school boxing coach K.K. With it being his first taste of international boxing, he had lost to a fighter from Thailand there. Afterwards, he had taken part in the Schools Boxing Meet in the early part of 2020 at Kamburupitiya in Matara and had won the gold medal.
