Category: Boxing
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World Boxing Cup 2025: Hitesh Gulia Describes Precision Required For Maintaining Weight
Jhajjar-based Indian boxer Hitesh Gulia has come a long way to win the World Boxing Cup 2025 gold medal in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Gulia, a sailor with the Indian Navy, impressed at the national level recently by clinching a gold medal in the Senior National Boxing Championships and following it up with another top…
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World Boxing Cup Brazil 2025: Manish Rathore, Abhinash Jamwal, Hitesh Enter Semi-Finals
India’s campaign received a boost as Manish Rathore (55kg), Abhinash Jamwal (65kg), and Hitesh (70kg) advanced to the World Boxing Cup 2025 semi-finals in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on Wednesday. The semi-finals will see six out of 10 male boxers still in action. In the men’s 55kg bout, Manish defeated Olympian Yusuf Chothia of Australia 3-0.…
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BFI Elections: SAI, World Boxing Appoint Independent Observers
Mayank Srivastava, the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) deputy director general in the Khelo India division, has been appointed as the ‘independent observer’ by the government for the delayed Boxing Federation Of India (BFI) elections. Moreover, the World Boxing, has named Tatsuya Nakama as the observer, a report in the TOI said. In an order by the Himachal…
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World Boxing To Set Gender Eligibility Policy In Coming Weeks
Algerian Imane Khelif, whose gold medal triumph at Pairs 2024, was surrounded by gender disputes is not intimated by Donald Trump’s executive order to keep transgenders away from women’s sport. Khelif, in fact, said that she is ready to defend her title at LA 2028. International Boxing Association blocked her to participate in the competition.…
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Boxing At LA 2028: Nikhat Zareen’s Hope Of Olympic Medal Renewed
Nikhat Zareen was not forcing herself after Paris 2024 with uncertainty over Boxing’s inclusion in the LA 2028 roster. However, after the sport’s recent inclusion in LA 2028 and the World Boxing’s provisional recognition, Zareen’s hope of an Olympic medal is renewed. “After Paris, I was heartbroken that my dreams of an Olympic medal are…