Boxing
Fifty-Six Kilograms: The Bronze Is Real, the Division Is NotHook Hamburg, September 2026. The hall's light fell only on the ring; the res...
Thirty-Six on the Camp Roll, Twenty-Nine on the Entry List — The Ledger Indian Boxing Never ReopensThree documents, one month, and seven names that disappear somewhere between...
Zero Medals, 248 Boxers and One Bundle: The Real Ledger of Indian BoxingParis 2026 boxing had 13 events and 248 boxers. Six Indian names made up 2.4%...
The Kilos Changed, the Sheet Didn't: Whose Weight Class Is Being Cut in the BFI–World Boxing TransitionA sheet was taped to the wall of the trial hall in Patiala last month. Three...
The Bangkok Quota: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Being Fought Outside the RingThe coach standing at the draw board inside Bangkok's Hua Mark Indoor Stadium...
Indian Boxing: Six Olympic Quotas, Zero Medals — The Fault Line Runs Through the Calendar, Not the RingIn the last week of the Paris Olympics, sitting in the cheapest seat behind t...
Paris Zero Was Quota Math, Not a Punching ProblemThe Amman hall was emptying. March 2026, the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifier,...
The Arithmetic of a Deleted Line: In Indian Boxing the Weight Classes Change, the Payroll Doesn'tThe weigh-in room on the first floor of the SAI-NIS centre in Patiala opens a...
The 75kg Division Gave India Its First Olympic Boxing Medal. It No Longer Exists on the Programme.On a February 2026 afternoon in Ahmedabad I opened the Olympic weight-class...
Four Golds, Two Doors: The Double Ledger of Indian Women's BoxingOn the evening of 26 March 2026, the biggest crowd at Delhi's Indira Gandhi...
Thirty-Six on the Camp Roll, Twenty-Nine on the Entry List — The Ledger Indian Boxing Never ReopensThree documents, one month, and seven names that disappear somewhere between...
Zero Medals, 248 Boxers and One Bundle: The Real Ledger of Indian BoxingParis 2026 boxing had 13 events and 248 boxers. Six Indian names made up 2.4%...
The Kilos Changed, the Sheet Didn't: Whose Weight Class Is Being Cut in the BFI–World Boxing TransitionA sheet was taped to the wall of the trial hall in Patiala last month. Three...
The Bangkok Quota: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Being Fought Outside the RingThe coach standing at the draw board inside Bangkok's Hua Mark Indoor Stadium...
Indian Boxing: Six Olympic Quotas, Zero Medals — The Fault Line Runs Through the Calendar, Not the RingIn the last week of the Paris Olympics, sitting in the cheapest seat behind t...
Paris Zero Was Quota Math, Not a Punching ProblemThe Amman hall was emptying. March 2026, the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifier,...
The Arithmetic of a Deleted Line: In Indian Boxing the Weight Classes Change, the Payroll Doesn'tThe weigh-in room on the first floor of the SAI-NIS centre in Patiala opens a...
The 75kg Division Gave India Its First Olympic Boxing Medal. It No Longer Exists on the Programme.On a February 2026 afternoon in Ahmedabad I opened the Olympic weight-class...
Four Golds, Two Doors: The Double Ledger of Indian Women's BoxingOn the evening of 26 March 2026, the biggest crowd at Delhi's Indira Gandhi...
