National champion Hitesh displayed exceptional tactical awareness to pack off France’s Makan Traore 5:0 in the 70kg bout to become the first Indian boxer to reach the finals in the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 at Foz Do Iguacu.
A resilient display under pressure allowed national champion Jadumani Singh Mandengbam to overcome the formidable Ellis Trowbridge of Britain to reach the semifinals of the 50kg category at the World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025 on Tuesday.
The Uttarakhand state body has nominated Ajay Singh’s candidature, while Kalita serves as the secretary of the Assam Amateur Boxing Association and Bhandari heads the Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association. Bhandari has also applied for the North Zone vice president’s post, which he currently holds.
Lakshya Chahar continued the Services Sports Control Board’s (SSCB) stellar performance at the 8th elite men’s national boxing championship, with a dominant display on Day 3, reinforcing his unit’s bid to retain their title in the prestigious tournament being held at Bareilly.
Following in the footsteps of Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh, World Championship bronze medallist boxer Nishant Dev has switched to professional boxing, bidding adieu to his amateur career, during which he featured in last year’s Paris Olympics.
World youth champion Ankushita Boro prevailed over Namuun Monkhor of Mongolia while Abhimanyu Loura lost to Ireland’s Kelyn Cassidy at the World Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.
Parveen, who had secured a Paris 2024 Olympics boxing quota after winning the bronze medal in 57kg weight class in Hangzhou, was handed a 22-month suspension by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for a whereabouts failure.
In the wake of boxer Parveen Hooda’s suspension, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) in consultation with Boxing Paris Unit, had ensured that country will have another chance to qualify for the women’s 57kg weight category.
Besides two gold medals, Indian boxers won two silver and eight bronze medals to better their last edition’s record of five medals.
Parveen, who bagged an Olympic quota in the women’s 57kg weight category during the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, failed to file her whereabouts in the period from April 2022 to March 2023 as per the WADA rules.
