Boxing: L Sarita Devi elected unopposed to AIBA’s first-ever athletes commission

The commission features one male and a female boxer from each of the five regional confederations.

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· Yesterday · 11:19 pm

First-ever Indian Boxing league to be held in December

The league will witness the participation of Olympic medallists and world champions, including Mary Kom, Sonia Lather, Amit Panghal, and Manoj Kumar.

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· Nov 15, 2019 · 10:36 pm

Boxing: Satender, Poonam reach semi-finals as India assured of 12 medals in Asian Youth C’ships

Satender Singh, Selay Soy, Poonam and Arundhati Choudhary made it to the medal rounds.

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· Nov 14, 2019 · 11:26 pm

Boxing: India assured of six medals at Asian Youth Championships

Soy Selay (49kg), Aman (+91kg), Ankit Narwal (60kg), Naorem Chanu (51kg), Jasmine (57kg) and Vinka (64kg) made the last four stage.

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· Nov 13, 2019 · 10:13 pm

Australian boxer Dwight Ritchie dies aged 27 after sparring accident

Ritchie’s death comes less than a month after American boxer Patrick Day died after suffering a brain injury during his knockout defeat to Charles Conwell.

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· Nov 10, 2019 · 10:07 am

Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams retires from boxing fearing eyesight loss

The 37-year-old was the first British boxer in nearly a century to defend an Olympic gold and a WBO champion.

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· Nov 06, 2019 · 04:09 pm

Mary Kom named in boxing’s athlete ambassadors group for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The group has 10 boxers – five men and five women – from five regions.

Press Trust of India

· Oct 31, 2019 · 02:47 pm

Boxing: Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani enter finals of Olympic Test event, two other Indians win bronze

Thapa, a four-time Asian medallist who claimed his third national title earlier this month, defeated Japan’s Daisuke Narimatsu in a split verdict in the semis.

Press Trust of India

· Oct 30, 2019 · 01:25 pm

Boxing: Olympic officials to trial new judging system to achieve ‘fair and transparent’ verdicts

In the new system, judges’ scoring will be updated in real-time.

AFP

· Oct 29, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Boxing: Shiva Thapa, six other Indians assured of medals at Olympic Test event after reaching semis

Nikhat Zareen, Sumit Sangwan, Ashish, Vanhlimpuia, Simranjeet Kaur and Pooja Rani were assured of medals without even stepping inside the ring.

Press Trust of India

· Oct 29, 2019 · 12:44 pm

US boxer Patrick Day, 27, dies four days after suffering brain injury in knockout

The super welterweight boxer had undergone emergency surgery after being knocked out by Charles Conwell on Saturday.

AFP

· Oct 17, 2019 · 07:30 am

Can’t understand the rule: Mary Kom says boxers should be allowed to protest despite split verdict

After Mary Kom lost her semi-finals bout 1-4 to Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey, India lodged a protest but it was turned down by AIBA’s technical committee.

Press Trust of India

· Oct 15, 2019 · 10:23 pm