New Delhi: The International Boxing Association has allowed India's youth pugilists to compete in a tournament in Azerbaijan but has barred the officials from accompanying the boys, insisting that it does not recognise the Secretary General or any other office-bearer of the suspended federation. The Boxing Federation of Azerbaijan has invited India for the 'A Agalarov International Youth Cup', scheduled to be held at Baku from December 19 to 24....
01:29 PM, Dec 13, 2012
New Delhi: The re-election and constitutional amendments that would get the provisional suspension on the Indian Boxing Federation lifted have been left in a limbo as the world body is refusing to correspond with the new set of office-bearers, insisting on dealing with the old guard only. Suspended for "possible manipulation" of the elections that were held in September, the AIBA has asked IABF to hold a re-election and amend...
04:28 PM, Dec 12, 2012
The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF). Where does that put our boxers? CNN-IBN's sports editor Gaurav Kalra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. What will be the impact of the ban on Indian Amateur Boxing Federation on the sports? Asked by: Sunil A. This is a wake up call...Indian sports administrators have now been rebuked on an...
12:37 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Las Vegas: Though bruised and battered, Manny Pacquiao said he felt "fine" on Sunday after his sensational sixth-round knockout by Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and promised his fans he would return to the ring. There had been speculation the 33-year-old Pacquiao might consider retirement after losing for a second time in his last three bouts but the Filipino southpaw made it clear he would be back to compete after taking...
02:55 PM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: The union ministry of sports Friday derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and the Archery Association of India (AAI) for manipulation in their election process. Justifying the decision, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said AAI violated the Sports Code of India while the election process of the boxing body was faulty. The AAI election was held in November when Vijay Kumar Malhotra was elected its president for a...
02:04 PM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: Rattled by the International Boxing Association's decision to provisionally suspend the Indian Federation, Chairman Abhay Singh Chautala Friday said he was willing to step down from his post and the body was ready to hold a re-election to regain AIBA's affiliation. The International Boxing Association suspended the IABF alleging "possible manipulation" in its recent elections but the body denied the charge, insisting that the process was "transparent". However,...
01:07 PM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a major development late on Thursday International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has provisionally suspended the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF). The decision came two days after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Incidentally, Abhay Singh Chautala, who was the former president of IABF, was elected as president on Wednesday. According to the official statement taken by the AIBA at a meeting at...
09:29 AM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: Lalitha Prasad (49kg) and Sandeep Sharma (75kg) had to settle for bronze medals after losing their respective semifinal bouts at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Armenia on Thursday. While Prasad was outdone by Bin LV of China, Sandeep went down to Magomed Madyiev of Russia in the last four round. The 17-year-old Prasad, a 2012 Tammer International Tournament winner, lost 8-13 on points to Bin. Sandeep,...
07:30 PM, Dec 06, 2012
The ex-England allrounder, trained by former Irish boxer Barry McGuigan, took the four-round heavyweight bout against Dawson by a 39-38 margin. ...
08:06 AM, Dec 01, 2012
The former England allrounder is already contemplating more boxing bouts if his professional debut against Richard Dawson of the United States on Friday is a success. ...
09:22 AM, Nov 30, 2012
London: Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff admitted to feeling nervous as he weighed in ahead of his first professional boxing fight on Thursday. The 34-year-old all rounder will take on American Richard Dawson at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Friday after exchanging his cricketing whites for a pair of boxing gloves in a bid to prove himself in the ring. Flintoff, who was part of England's Ashes-winning teams in...
11:43 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Guwahati: Pinki Jangra emerged as the new national champion with a dominating victory over N Tonibala Chanu of Arunachal Pradesh while her team Railways bagged the team's title at the senior women's national boxing championship, which concluded on Thursday. Having beaten her biggest challenger for the title, Van Lal Duati in the quarters, the 22-year-old dynamo easily claimed the top podium finish with a 14-point margin win in the fly...
09:54 PM, Nov 29, 2012
San Juan: Former US boxing champ Hector "Macho" Camacho, who was shot in the face this week, died on Saturday after being removed from life support, Rio Piedras Medical Director Ernesto Torres told reporters. He was 50. Camacho had been declared brain dead on Thursday after being struck in the face in a drive-by shooting earlier in the week. Two gunmen opened fire on Camacho and a friend, Adrian Mojica...
09:20 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Greater Noida: Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom will skip this year's national women's boxing championships as she wants some new names to take centrestage in the domestic arena. Mary Kom's last appearance in a National Championship was way back in 2008 in Agra when she clinched the 46kg category gold medal. She missed the 2009 and 2010 editions since she was craing for her new born twins. "I will...
04:35 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: India's loss has turned out to be Africa's gain in the World Series of Boxing as Algeria Desert Hawks have replaced Mumbai Fighters in the semi-professional league's second season starting later this month. "World Series of Boxing (WSB) is delighted to announce its presence on yet another continent with the Algeria Desert Hawks set to bring the excitement of the world's premiere team boxing to Africa," the International...
11:15 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Hyderabad: The services team suffered a major setback in the 59th Sahara Mens National Boxing Championship presented by the Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited with 2010 South Asian Games gold medallist Chhote Lal Yadav losing out in the quarter-finals of the bantam weight division. The 24-year-old, put up a good fight against some power hitting from S Santosh Singh of Manipur, but in the end came up short. Yadav a...
09:41 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Hyderabad: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services team won their pre-quarterfinal matches to be on course to clash in the championship round. Round three saw both the pugilists defeat their respective opponents with straightforward victories to march into the quarter-finals of the event. Nanao, who was the first to take to the ring, locked horns with...
08:48 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Day two of the 59th Sahara Men’s National Boxing Championship presented by the Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited and the action heated up with the competition moving into the second phase of the preliminaries, the round of 16. In the light fly weight division Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Amandeep Singh of the Railways and 2009 Asian Boxing Championship gold medallist Nanao Singh of the Services set the canvas on...
07:31 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Hyderabad: He has gotten over the disappointment of not winning a medal in the London Olympics and star Indian boxer Vijender Singh is now gearing up to come back a rejuvenated man when the national camp kicks off on November 19 in Patiala. "I am happy and satisfied now. I am waiting for the next tournament to start. I am participating in World championship next year. I am totally focused,"...
04:16 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Hyderabad: India's ace pugilist Vijender Singh on Tuesday said that he was open to the idea of setting up a boxing academy in the Andhra Pradesh capital if the state government supports him. The 2008 Beijing Games bronze medallist, who was here in connection with the 59th Senior National Men's Boxing Championship, told reporters that he has fond memories of Hyderabad as he won a medal in the Afro-Asian Games...
08:26 PM, Oct 30, 2012
