Six-time Asian Championships medalist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and 2019 World Championships silver medalist Amit Panghal will be among the top boxers fighting it out at the 7th Elite Men's National Boxing Championships scheduled to be held in Shillong, Meghalaya from November 25 to December 1
The Indian Junior Squad will be high in confidence after their recent exploits at the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships where they won 21 medals including 8 medals for junior boys and 13 medals for junior girls
Services rode on a strong showing in the boxing ring where they won five gold, one silver apart from clinching two gold medals in Yachting, one each in men's football, handball and kabaddi to take their gold medal tally to 65.
Separated from her biological family at the age of five, Pemlaki was fascinated with boxing from the day she saw MC Mary Kom picking the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was recently seen sitting next to star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez during a boxing match in Saudi Arabia.
NDA in its statement said, "The cadet was a native of Maharashtra and had joined the academy on 18 April 2021 as part of the 145th Course. On 16 October 2023, while taking part in the Inter Squadron Boxing Competition, the cadet sustained a head injury."
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain settled for a silver medal after losing the women's 75 kg category final bout against Chinese boxer Li Qian at the Asian Games on Wednesday