Achievements Samota won a gold medal in the Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, defeating 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 a gold medal, defeating New Zealand"s Joseph Parker 7-3. He won a bronze medal in the Men"s Super heavyweight category at the 2010 Asian Games, as he lost in the semifinals.