Boxing
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Small draws at Asian youth and junior boxing championship guarantee big medal haul for India
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2021, 11:23 AM ISTIndia would be represented by a contingent of 73 -- two squads for men (junior and youth) and two squads for women (junior and youth) -- in the tournament featuring over 250 boxers.
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Lessons learnt from Tokyo Olympics loss, says boxer Ashish Kumar
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2021, 03:16 PM ISTAshish's maiden Olympic appearance ended with an opening-round loss to China's Erbieke Touheta.
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PM Modi congratulates Lovlina Borgohain on winning bronze at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Aug 04, 2021, 02:09 PM ISTBorgohain goes home a history-maker as the 23-year-old, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece.
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Lovlina Borgohain wins bronze medal after intense semi-final defeat at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Aug 04, 2021, 03:00 PM ISTLovlina, the two-time World and Asian championships bronze-medallist, lost all three rounds by unanimous decision, ending her debut stint at the Games with a bronze.
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Lovlina Borgohain eyes historic Olympic final berth; up against world champ Busenaz Surmeneli
Other Sports | Aug 03, 2021, 12:15 PM ISTThe 23-year-old from Assam, who started her career as a Muay Thai practitioner, has become only the third Indian boxer to ensure a podium finish at the showpiece.
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Boxing: French boxer Mourad Aliev sits on ring apron in protest after DQ loss
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2021, 12:03 PM ISTMourad Aliev reacted with outrage when the referee disqualified him for headbutting opponent Frazer Clarke with 4seconds left in the second round.
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Boxing: Amit Panghal handed shock exit at Tokyo Olympics; loses to Colombia's Yuberjen
Other Sports | Jul 31, 2021, 08:23 AM ISTPanghal loses 4-1 in a split verdict to Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez in the flyweight category of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Boxing: Mary Kom beats Dominica's Miguelina Garcia Hernandez to enter round-of-16
Other Sports | Jul 25, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTIndia's Mary Kom hit the winning note to start her campaign in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beating Dominica's Miguelina Garcia Hernandez in the round-of-16.
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Domestic boxing action to begin this month with youth and junior Nationals
Other Sports | Jul 17, 2021, 02:03 PM ISTThe last edition of Youth Boxing Nationals were held in June 2019 with Services Sports Control Board and Haryana emerging as the overall champions in men's and women's categories respectively.
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Dingko Singh passes away: Farhan Akhtar pays tribute to late boxer
Celebrities | Jun 10, 2021, 03:22 PM ISTBollywood actor Farhan Akhtar paid tribute to the former Indian boxer Dingko Singh by sharing a heartfelt note on Twitter.
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Indian boxing's first Dronacharya awardee coach O P Bhardwaj dies
Other Sports | May 21, 2021, 10:38 AM ISTHe was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to ill-health about 10 days ago.
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Mandeep Jangra, CWG silver medal-winning Indian boxer, wins maiden pro bout in USA
Other Sports | May 09, 2021, 03:04 PM ISTThe boxer won his first professional bout against Ramos in a four round unanimous decision in the super welterweight category on Saturday.
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COVID impact: Boxing's Asian Championship moved from Delhi to Dubai
Other Sports | Apr 28, 2021, 02:21 PM ISTThe tournament was to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from May 21 to 31 in the national capital, which is recording over 20,000 daily cases right now.
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7 more Indians boxers in semifinals of youth Worlds
Other Sports | Apr 20, 2021, 04:19 PM ISTBabyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (69kg), Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Ankit Narwal (64kg), Vishal Gupta (91kg), Bishwamitra Chongtham (49kg) and Sachin (56kg) assured themselves of at least a bronze by advancing to the last-four stage.
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Youth World Boxing C'ship: Arundhati in QFs, 3 others also win in another good day for India
Other Sports | Apr 16, 2021, 11:10 AM ISTThe winners, apart from Arundhati, were Akash Gorkha (60kg), Sumit (69kg) and Gitika (48kg).
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Seven more boxers test positive for COVID-19 at NIS Patiala
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2021, 02:43 PM ISTA fortnight ago, 10 boxers, including men's chief coach CA Kuttappa, contacted the virus and were isolated.
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Former boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist Leon Spinks dies at 67
Other Sports | Feb 07, 2021, 07:17 AM ISTSpinks won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight in 1978.
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Boxer Lovlina Borgohain tests positive for coronavirus, misses flight to Italy
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2020, 09:08 AM ISTThe Sports Authority of India (SAI) had sanctioned a Europe tour for 16 elite Indian boxer for a period of 52 days from October to December.
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Mike Tyson's comeback exhibition bout postponed: Report
Other Sports | Aug 10, 2020, 04:28 PM ISTMike Tyson's exhibition bout against Roy Jones Jr. scheduled for September 12 has been postponed.
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Boxing camp to resume Monday; SAI allows back quarantine violators by calling breach unintentional
Other Sports | Jul 24, 2020, 09:15 PM ISTThe boxers are set to resume their training on Monday after the end of their self-isolation period.