Boxing
The Scale Changed, the Road Didn't: The File Indian Women's Boxing Reopens Every Olympic Cycle2026-10-23At the far end of the first-floor corridor of the NIS hostel in Patiala, a...
India Didn't Lose Medals in Paris — It Lost Divisions2026-10-23Hook My seat at the North Paris Arena was up in the block where the ring look...
The 49-Kilogram Problem: When a Weight Class Left the Olympic Programme and Amateur Boxing's Most Unregulated Transfer Market Opened2026-10-23Three Olympic boxing medals have come to India, and all three were won in...
Weight-Class Redraws, Release Letters and Payroll: Olympic Boxing's Real Transfer Window2026-10-23For Paris 2026 the men's flyweight was fixed at 51kg, and the 49kg class had...
The Scale Changed, the Road Didn't: The File Indian Women's Boxing Reopens Every Olympic CycleAt the far end of the first-floor corridor of the NIS hostel in Patiala, a...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals, No Calendar: What Indian Boxing's Paris Silence Actually SaidHook Six Indian boxers entered the ring at the Paris Olympics and the medal...
India Didn't Lose Medals in Paris — It Lost DivisionsHook My seat at the North Paris Arena was up in the block where the ring look...
Paris Zero and the Bangkok Truth: Auditing India's Boxing QuotasParis Zero and the Bangkok Truth: Auditing India's Boxing Quotas The tourname...
The Cut Weight and the Empty Bracket: How Paperwork Won India's Boxing BoutThe Cut Weight and the Empty Bracket: How Paperwork Won India's Boxing Bout...
The 49-Kilogram Problem: When a Weight Class Left the Olympic Programme and Amateur Boxing's Most Unregulated Transfer Market OpenedThree Olympic boxing medals have come to India, and all three were won in...
From Patiala's Weighing Scale to Paris's Ring: The Corridor Where Nobody Claps for Indian BoxingPatiala, SAI NIS campus, 6:40 am. Two weighing scales sit in the hall behind...
Weight-Class Redraws, Release Letters and Payroll: Olympic Boxing's Real Transfer WindowFor Paris 2026 the men's flyweight was fixed at 51kg, and the 49kg class had...
From a Hamburg Tag Sheet to the Empty Ring in Patiala: The File India's Boxing Medal Table Never ShowsSeptember 2026, Hamburg. Nine days, 168 bouts, and a seeding list with no...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals: Paris's Real Report Card Is Buried in the Quota LedgerThe Paris report card for Indian boxing closes in three lines: six boxers, tw...
Thirteen Classes, Three Maps: The Olympic Boxing Divisions That Vanished Without a Press ReleaseIn December 2026, a 49kg boxer from Bhiwani messaged me on WhatsApp — the thi...
In Women's Boxing, the Injury Timestamp Sits on the Calendar, Not the PunchNovember 2026, New Delhi. The scorecard reads 5-0 and Mary Kom's sixth world...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals in Paris: India's Defeat Is Recorded in the Weight Classes, Not the PunchesSix boxers, zero medals. India's boxing failure at Paris 2026 is plain enough...
Paris's Empty Column, Patiala's Old Bout Sheet, and Los Angeles's Open LedgerOn an October morning in 2026, the bout sheet for the selection trials was...
Six Quotas, Zero Medals: Paris Left the Ledger Open Before LA28The scoreboard at North Paris Arena read 1-4 after the men's 71kg quarterfina...