Boxing
Zero Medals and Empty Chairs: The Real Arithmetic of Indian Boxing
Six Entries, No Medal, and a Register That Will Follow India to Los Angeles
The Weight-Class List That Decides the Bout Before the Camp Begins
The Paris Six-Card Ledger: India's Boxing Exits Were Structural, Not Close
The Qualification Scorecard: India's Empty Vault and the Los Angeles Weight-Class Puzzle
Paris Zero and LA 2028's Six-and-Six: Indian Boxing's Ledger Is Written Outside the Ropes
The Weight-Class List That Decides the Bout Before the Camp BeginsNovember 2026, KD Jadhav Hall, New Delhi. The last day of the women's World...
The Paris Six-Card Ledger: India's Boxing Exits Were Structural, Not CloseAugust 2026, Paris. In the men's 71kg quarterfinal, Nishant Dev stood across...
The Qualification Scorecard: India's Empty Vault and the Los Angeles Weight-Class PuzzleJune 2026, Bangkok. The second World Qualification Tournament. In the 57kg...
Zero Medals and Empty Chairs: The Real Arithmetic of Indian BoxingAt the North Paris Arena, a few chairs directly in front of my seat were empt...
Paris Zero and LA 2028's Six-and-Six: Indian Boxing's Ledger Is Written Outside the RopesOn the night of August 4, 2026, Indian boxing's last punch of the Paris...
That Same 2-3 Again: A Frame-by-Frame Forensic Audit of Indian Boxing's Split DecisionsTokyo Olympics, Round of 16. Mary Kom vs Ingrit Valencia. Final verdict: 2-3 ...
The Employer Signs the Entry Form: After Paris, Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Not a Weight Class But a Deputation OrderIn March 2026, in Mumbai, I opened the entry list for the first World Olympic...
Six Entries, No Medal, and a Register That Will Follow India to Los AngelesIn the first week of August 2026, I closed the bout sheet the moment the 71kg...
248 Quota Seats, 13 Weight Classes and a Ledger: Boxing's Heaviest Punch Lands Outside the RingA boxer knows the result before he steps on the scale. Three times in the las...
The 60kg Semifinal: The Division Whose Olympic Door Had Already ShutThe night at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium, my bag held forty-two bout sheets...
Boxing's Governance War: 249 Boxers, 52 Medals, and a Federation That Cannot Buy Its Own Olympic TicketAugust 3, 2026. North Paris Arena, evening session. Nishant Dev loses a 4-1...
The Paris Six-Card Ledger: India's Boxing Exits Were Structural, Not CloseAugust 2026, Paris. In the men's 71kg quarterfinal, Nishant Dev stood across...
The Qualification Scorecard: India's Empty Vault and the Los Angeles Weight-Class PuzzleJune 2026, Bangkok. The second World Qualification Tournament. In the 57kg...
Zero Medals and Empty Chairs: The Real Arithmetic of Indian BoxingAt the North Paris Arena, a few chairs directly in front of my seat were empt...
Paris Zero and LA 2028's Six-and-Six: Indian Boxing's Ledger Is Written Outside the RopesOn the night of August 4, 2026, Indian boxing's last punch of the Paris...
That Same 2-3 Again: A Frame-by-Frame Forensic Audit of Indian Boxing's Split DecisionsTokyo Olympics, Round of 16. Mary Kom vs Ingrit Valencia. Final verdict: 2-3 ...
The Employer Signs the Entry Form: After Paris, Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Not a Weight Class But a Deputation OrderIn March 2026, in Mumbai, I opened the entry list for the first World Olympic...
Six Entries, No Medal, and a Register That Will Follow India to Los AngelesIn the first week of August 2026, I closed the bout sheet the moment the 71kg...
248 Quota Seats, 13 Weight Classes and a Ledger: Boxing's Heaviest Punch Lands Outside the RingA boxer knows the result before he steps on the scale. Three times in the las...
The 60kg Semifinal: The Division Whose Olympic Door Had Already ShutThe night at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium, my bag held forty-two bout sheets...
Boxing's Governance War: 249 Boxers, 52 Medals, and a Federation That Cannot Buy Its Own Olympic TicketAugust 3, 2026. North Paris Arena, evening session. Nishant Dev loses a 4-1...