[ad_1] Some top boxers, including World champions Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora, have switched to Olympic weight divisions ahead of Paris 2024. Nitu, who won the World title in 48kg, has jumped to 54kg, while Saweety, the 80kg World champion, has come down to 75kg. As per the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) selection policy, […]
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[ad_1] After experiencing nine long years of ups and downs, including a demoralising phase during the pandemic when she did not touch the boxing gloves for months, Saweety Boora has emerged as a wiser person. Thirty-year-old Saweety’s unending tryst with hard work has enabled her to turn her 2014 Worlds silver medal (81kg) into gold […]
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[ad_1] Looking for more: Shiva Thapa will be keen to add another medal to his 2015 bronze. | Photo Credit: File Photo: V.V. KRISHNAN Six-time Asian championships medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), double Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Asian silver medallist Deepak Bhoria (51kg) are some leading names who have made the Indian […]
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[ad_1] India’s Nikhat Zareen poses with Gold medal during award ceremony, after winning over Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam in 50 kg finals at the 2023 IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships, in New Delhi, on March 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI MC Mary Kom had once angrily asked, “Who Nikhat Zareen?” Having responded to the […]
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[ad_1] India’s Nikhat Zareen celebrates her victory over Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam in 50 kg finals at the 2023 IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships, in New Delhi, on March 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Ace Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen added a second world Championships title to her name, defeating Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam in […]
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[ad_1] Jaismine, left, used her long-range counter-punching to good effect against Shamadova at the 2023 IBA Women’s Boxing World Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 21. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Nikhat Zareen defied a tired body and another doughty opponent, Mexican Fatima Herrera Alvarez, to book a berth in the 50kg quarterfinals […]
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[ad_1] France’s Estelle Mossely, right, slugging it out with Thailand’s Porntip Buapa in the 60 kg category of the IBA women’s World Boxing Championships 2023, at K. D. Jadhav Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, in New Delhi on Friday, March 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Having made a fine comeback in an elite […]
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[ad_1] Six-time World Champion Mary Kom makes a point as the brand ambassador for Women’s World Boxing Championship, as the BFI president Ajay Singh listens, in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Indian women’s boxing owes everything to six-time World Champion and Olympic medallist M.C. Mary Kom. It was no surprise that […]
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[ad_1] After hearing the petition filed by boxers Manju Rani (48kg), Shiksha Narwal (54kg), and Poonam Poonia (60kg) challenging their non-inclusion in the Indian team for the upcoming World women’s boxing championships, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday ‘did not interfere with the selections’ made for the elite event. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI), […]
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[ad_1] National champions Manju Rani (48kg), Shiksha Narwal (54kg) and Poonam Poonia (60kg) on Monday moved the Delhi High Court over their non-inclusion in the Indian side for the World women’s boxing championships to be held in Delhi from March 16 to 26. The case has been listed for hearing on Tuesday on an urgent basis, said […]
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