Boxing
The Paper Enters First: Indian Boxing's Fights Are Decided by Weight-Class Tables and Trial Notices2026-10-26In May last year, the entry list for the second World Olympic qualifier in...
The Payroll Is the Federation: Reading Indian Boxing's Real Scorecard2026-10-25"The feed never slept in Hamburg; neither did I." August 2026. A 23-year-old...
Twelve Categories, Six Quotas and One Empty Column: The Ledger of Indian Boxing's LA28 Pathway2026-10-26On 20 March 2026, in Costa Navarino, the IOC Session raised its hands and put...
The Career Decided on the Scale: In Indian Boxing, the Real Opponent Is the Kilogram2026-10-26The scale never makes a sound. In that hall in Bhiwani the queue had formed b...
The Politics of Kilograms: Indian Boxing's Calendar Runs on Payrolls, Not Podiums2026-10-25What was clearest from ringside in Istanbul in May 2026 was not a punch. Nikh...
Twelve Categories, Six Quotas and One Empty Column: The Ledger of Indian Boxing's LA28 PathwayOn 20 March 2026, in Costa Navarino, the IOC Session raised its hands and put...
The Career Decided on the Scale: In Indian Boxing, the Real Opponent Is the KilogramThe scale never makes a sound. In that hall in Bhiwani the queue had formed b...
The Paper Enters First: Indian Boxing's Fights Are Decided by Weight-Class Tables and Trial NoticesIn May last year, the entry list for the second World Olympic qualifier in...
The Politics of Kilograms: Indian Boxing's Calendar Runs on Payrolls, Not PodiumsWhat was clearest from ringside in Istanbul in May 2026 was not a punch. Nikh...
The Illusion of Review: When Boxing Verdicts Are Decided by Scorecard, Not ScreenThe Tokyo 2026 round-of-16 bout between Mary Kom and Ingrit Valencia was not...
Eleven Boxers, Three Slots in Patiala's Weigh-In Corridor: The Real Calendar of Indian BoxingAt 7:40 on the morning of 12 January 2026, in the corridor behind the hall at...
The Payroll Is the Federation: Reading Indian Boxing's Real Scorecard"The feed never slept in Hamburg; neither did I." August 2026. A 23-year-old...
After Zero in Paris, LA28's New Weight Map: In Indian Boxing the List, Not the Medal, Decides FateAugust 2026, Paris Nord Arena. Nishant Dev's men's 71kg quarterfinal against...
Nine to Six, One Bronze to Zero: Auditing Indian Boxing's Post-Paris Transfer WindowFour of India's six boxers at the Paris Olympics went out in the round of 16,...
Three Medals, Two Vanished Divisions: Indian Boxing's Los Angeles LedgerTwo sheets lie on my desk in Delhi. One carries the Tokyo 2026 Olympic boxing...
Two Men's Weight Classes Gone, One Generation Stranded: LA28's Weight Chart and Indian Boxing's Shut DoorHook On 20 March 2026, the IOC Session approved boxing for the Los Angeles 20...
