New Delhi: Indian pugilists, including five men and three women, left on Monday to participate in the 43rd Boxing Grand Prix scheduled to be held at Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic from March 21 to 25. The tournament, organised by Czech Boxing Association, will witness over 130 boxers from around 20 countries vying for top honours. India coach GS Sandhu believes the tournament will draw good boxers from the Asian...
12:52 AM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Boxing is associated with everything that women usually are not, a physical contest often decided by size, strength and the bruises and injuries it results in. For MC Mary Kom, however, it is the unconventional path she chose to achieve her unlikely dreams. Her rise from the humble fields of Kangathei village in Manipur to become Indias most successful and well-known woman boxer in a largely male-dominated sport...
09:43 AM, Mar 08, 2012
Mumbai: Underdogs Mumbai Fighters rallied back twice to cause a huge upset as they handed over the unbeaten Baku Fires their first defeat of the season to gain an upper hand in the first leg of the World Series Boxing quarter-final match on Friday. The Azerbaijan-based team won the first and third bouts, but the Mumbai team, making its WSB debut this season, won the second, fourth and fifth bouts...
11:55 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh (75 kgs), and Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist Paramjeet Samota (+91 kgs) are among the Indian Elite Men Boxers, who were selected for the Asian Continental Olympic Boxing Qualification tournament to be held at Astana, Kazakhstan from April 5-12. Apart from Vijender and Samota, four other boxers - Suranjoy Singh (52 kgs), Shiva Thapa (56 kgs), Sumit Sangwan (81 kgs) and Manpreet Singh...
02:50 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Mumbai: It was not an outing to remember for the Venky's Mumbai Fighters as they lost 1-4 to Astana Arlans in their last group A match of the World Series Boxing Season 2011-12 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The only win for Fighters came in the Middleweight category as Konstantin Snigour got the better of Astana debutant Rustam Svayev, according to information received here. In the Bantamweight category, Ivan Ilnytskyy, making his...
03:01 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Having modelled the aggressive style of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to claim an Olympic berth, Indian boxer L Devendro Singh knows curbing those attacking instincts is the only way to achieve his dream of a medal at the London Games. "I'm a naturally aggressive boxer but need to learn how to counter-attack better," the shy Manipur boxer, who will turn 20 next month, said. "Being too aggressive...
03:26 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: India's long-serving boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu expects two more of his wards to make the cut for London Olympics from the Asian qualifying event in April after four of them booked their berths in last year's World Championships. Four Indian boxers - L Devendro Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (69kg) - qualified for the Games by making the quarterfinals of the...
01:48 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Fighters gained a quarter-final berth in the World Series Boxing (WSB) after getting a walkover from Los Angeles Matadors in their last Group A league fight. The fight was scheduled for Monday in the US but was cancelled due to a re-structure of the home team's management. "Our fight against LA Matadors in The Music Box at Hollywood next Monday has got cancelled as their team management has...
11:24 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The sport ministry has spent an amount of Rs 3.57 crore on the training and foreign exposure of Indian boxers under 'Operation Excellence' for London Olympics 2012. Out of this, a sum of Rs 2.48 crore was spent on conducting National Coaching Camps for training of 58 boxers (40 men and 18 women) who were aided by 19 coaches (including 1 foreign coach) and 7 supporting personnel. The...
01:10 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Mumbai: Indian franchise Mumbai Fighters slumped to their fifth defeat in seven matches and their third on the trot when they were beaten 3-2 by Dynamo Moscow in the World Series Boxing contest at the Inorbit Mall in Mumbai on Friday. The Fighters began on a promising note when Indian WSB debutant Gaurav Bidhuri scored a split 2-1 (48-47, 48-47, 46-49) verdict over his bantamweight rival Vladimir Nikitin. Three out...
12:08 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Left with just one chance to qualify for the Olympics, top Indian boxer Vijender Singh says he is not thinking beyond making a berth in London Games. Besides Vijender, the Asian Championships at Astana, Kazakhstan, in April will be the only chance for the likes of Akhil Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and Suranjoy Singh to book a ticket to London. Out of the 56 quota places allocated to Asia,...
09:14 PM, Jan 18, 2012
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Let's face some hard facts squarely. India are a team on the decline. In two away series they have faced a quality team in England ...
10:07 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody analyses India's loss in the Boxing Day Test, but backs the visitors to bounce back in Sydney. ...
02:21 PM, Dec 30, 2011
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India came into the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne with a win over West Indies under the belt after a disastrous tour of England. Australia ...
02:15 PM, Dec 30, 2011
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Chew on these numbers for a minute. Just re-read them. Rub those eyes and do your own searches for confirmation if you are still in ...
01:51 PM, Dec 30, 2011
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Chew on these numbers for a minute. Just re-read them. Rub those eyes and do your own searches for confirmation if you are still in ...
01:33 PM, Dec 30, 2011
A record number of them booked Olympic berths in the very first qualifying event as Indian boxers rounded off yet another superb year, holding out promise for more than one medal at the world's biggest sporting extravaganza next year. The year did not feature many big events but wherever they competed, Indian pugilists continued their ascending march in the international arena with commanding performances, the best of all being the...
10:07 PM, Dec 29, 2011
CNN-IBN Cricket Analyst Harsha Bhogle says the failure of the Indian batting after Virender Sehwag's dismissal is worrisome. ...
05:51 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Chennai: Commonwealth Games heavy weight champion Paramjeet Samota clinched his fifth consecutive gold at the 58th Senior Men's National Boxing Championship after beating Satish Kumar of Services in the finals here on Saturday. Nanao Singh also cliched the national title in the light fly weight, while in the bantam weight class, Shiva Thapa emerged as the national champion. Up against the Asian Games bronze medallist, Satish Kumar of the service...
08:24 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Chennai: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota of Railways continued his winning streak as he overpowered Rambol of Madhya Pradesh to storm into the semifinals in super heavyweight category on day four of 58th Senior Men's National Boxing Championship here on Thursday. Samota took some time to settle down but shifted into top gear and threw some hefty blows in the second round to which his opponent had no answer....
09:39 PM, Dec 08, 2011
