Tag: Boxing

Boxing can be dropped from Olympics, if IBA goes ahead with its threats to judges, referees

The sport of boxing faces the prospect of being dropped from the sports programme of next year's Olympic Games in Paris if a free and fair qualification programme could not be held if required technical officials, referees and judges could not be arranged after the International Boxing Association (IBA) threatened officials with strict action if officiated in the IOC conducted the programme.

March 30, 2023

Youth World Boxing: Ravina strikes gold as India end campaign with 11 medals

Ravina (63kg), Devika Ghorpade (52kg) clinched the gold, Kirti (+81kg), Bhawna Sharma (48kg) won silver while Muskan (75kg), Lashu Yadav (70kg), Kunjarani Devi Thongam (60kg) and Tamanna (50kg) claimed the bronze medal. In the men's category, Youth Asian champs Vanshaj (63.5kg), Vishwanath Suresh (48kg) grabbed gold while Ashish (54kg) attained silver.

November 27, 2022

Asian Boxing Championships: Lovlina Borgohain advances to SF of 75 kg category

Indian Olympic medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain advanced to the semifinal of the 75 kg category in the ongoing Asian Boxing Championships being held in Amman after a win over Kazakhstan's Valentina Khalzova in Saturday's quarterfinal bout.

November 6, 2022

Indian army recruits CWG Bronze medallist in Boxing Jasmine Lamboriya

Under the program, the Army has created various 'Mission Olympics Wings' where suitable facilities are provided to the recruits.

October 5, 2022

Vijender Singh returns to winning ways, knocks out Eliasu Sulley at the Jungle Rumble

With a record of 12-1, Vijender Singh was completely focused during the bout and did not miss a single beat as he went on to register his 13th win with a knockout against Eliasu Sulley from Ghana in the super middle weight event.

August 18, 2022

CWG 2022: Sagar Ahlawat wins silver as India end up with seven medals in boxing

Sagar, who was the fourth Indian to reach the boxing finals, was last in the ring and tried his best against an older boxer but came up short.

August 8, 2022

CWG 2022: Sagar Ahlawat reaches super heavyweight final

Sagar joined reigning World Champion Nikhat Zareen, Asian champion Amit Panghal and Nitu as the Indian boxers to make it to the finals of their respective weight divisions.

August 7, 2022

CWG 2022: Nitu, Amit, Nikhat storm into finals; Jaismine takes bronze after losing semifinal

While all eyes were on Nikhat, Nitu and Amit, Jaismine was unlucky as she went down to England's Gemma Paige Richardson in a closely-fought Lightweight (over 63.5-67kg) division bout on Saturday.

August 7, 2022

CWG 2022: Amit Panghal, Jaismine Lamboria advance to semi-final, assure medals for India

Former world No 1 Amit, who had to settle for a silver medal at Gold Coast 2018, beat young Scottish boxer Lennon Mulligan 5-0 in his quarter-final to storm into the semi-finals of the men's flyweight 51kg boxing event at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Solihull.

August 5, 2022

CWG 2022: Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina crashes out in quarterfinals

Lovlina, who had easily won her first-round match, crashed out to Rosie Eccles of Wales, a silver medallist at the 2018 Games in Gold Coast who is hoping to upgrade her silver to gold in Birmingham.

August 4, 2022

CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen storms into semis, assures India of medal

Along with Nikhat, twice youth world champion Nitu Ghanghas and CWG 2018 bronze medalist Mohammad Hussamuddin are guaranteed medals in boxing at CWG 2022 after reaching the semifinals in their respective weight divisions

August 4, 2022

CWG 2022: Boxer Lovlina starts campaign with easy win

Opening her campaign against New Zealand's Ariane Nicholson, an amateur boxer who otherwise has a day job as a hairdresser, Lovlina emerged a 5-0 winner, getting a unanimous decision from all five judges at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) here.

July 31, 2022

Strong team for ASBC Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships

Prior to the championships, Indian youth and junior boxers took part in the 21-day national camps, which were conducted at SAI National Centre of Excellence in Rohtak and in Bhopal as part of their preparations for the tournament.

February 25, 2022

University boxing to be developed by IBA and FISU

"We look forward to what I believe to be a truly mutually beneficial cooperation between IBA and FISU"

January 18, 2022

Asian Youth Boxing: Vanshaj, Preeti, and 4 others enter finals

Vishal (80kg), Preeti Dahiya (60kg), Simran Verma (52kg), and Sneha Kumari (66kg) were the other Indian boxers to progress into their respective summit clashes

August 27, 2021

Boxer Lovlina beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg

Lovlina will next take on Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinal on Friday

July 27, 2021

Boxing will play key role in making India top-10 at Olympics: Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju informed that the government is planning to allow elite athletes to resume their training in order to keep them ready for future competitions.

May 3, 2020