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World boxing championships | Bhoria, Hussamuddin, and Nishant walk away with bronze medals

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

India’s Deepak Bhoria, left, during his 51kg quarterfinal match against Diushebaev Nurzhigit of Kyrgyzstan, at the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian challenge at the World boxing championships came to an end with Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) […]

Champion’s breakfast: how Saweety ‘ate her sorrows’ to rise stronger

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 this […]

Mary Kom urges Indian boxers to stay focused to ensure best performance at the Worlds

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 Mary […]

BFI says team selection for the World women’s boxing championships was as per the new evaluation policy

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Manju Rani of RSPB (red) celebrates after winning the 48kg category gold at the 6th Elite National women’s boxing championship at the Tatya Tope Stadium in Bhopal on December 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: A.M. FARUQUI Following complaints from at least three boxers about their non-inclusion in the Indian squad for the upcoming World women’s […]

Dmitruk named Indian boxing’s foreign coach

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Dmitry Dmitruk. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In order to assist high-performance director Bernard Dunne and to make a qualitative contribution in the preparation of Indian boxers in the run-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has appointed Dmitry Dmitruk as the foreign coach. The 47-year-old Dmitruk, who worked as […]

New Delhi to host women’s World boxing championship next year

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Gold medallists at the Women’s World Boxing Championship to be staged in the Capital next year will be awarded $100,000. The president of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev and the president of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Ajay Singh, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to seal the deal. Reigning World […]

Boxer Lovlina complains of ‘mental harassment’

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain has said that she is experiencing ‘mental harassment’ as her preparation for the Commonwealth Games has been hampered due to the absence of her personal coach Sandhya Gurung in the Games Village in Birmingham. “It is with a lot of sadness that I say that I have been […]

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