Boxing
The Medal Didn't Slip in Paris. The Quota System Did.2026-10-23Nishant Dev was standing in the middle of the ring in the 71kg quarterfinal a...
Paris Zero and the LA28 List: Indian Boxing's Real Ledger Is Written in Kilograms2026-10-23In my room in Chennai, two entry lists hang side by side in the file. The fir...
Four Golds, Two Closed Doors: The Weight-Class Arithmetic Behind Indian Boxing's Best Week2026-10-23From the upper balcony of the KD Jadhav Hall, watching the 81kg final, my eye...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals in Paris: Indian Boxing Lost Its Real Bout at the Table2026-10-23In the first week of June 2026, inside an indoor hall in Bangkok, Jaismine...
No Date on the Trial Sheet: Where Indian Boxing's Domestic Chain Stalled After Paris2026-10-23The last column on the attendance sheet at the Patiala NIS camp, which I look...
BoxingThe Price of Changing Weight: Indian Boxing's Quiet Economy from Liverpool to LA28Liverpool, September 2026. A senior colleague on the media bench slid his...
BoxingThe Medal Didn't Slip in Paris. The Quota System Did.Nishant Dev was standing in the middle of the ring in the 71kg quarterfinal a...
BoxingParis Zero and the LA28 List: Indian Boxing's Real Ledger Is Written in KilogramsIn my room in Chennai, two entry lists hang side by side in the file. The fir...
BoxingSix Quotas, Zero Medals, and a Press Gallery That Opens Once Every Four YearsIn August 2026, at the North Paris Arena, I counted seats. Four were reserved...
BoxingFrom 69kg to 75kg: LA 2028's Weight-Class Redraw Is Indian Boxing's Real ScorecardAt Tokyo 2026, Lovlina Borgohain won bronze in the 69kg class. Three years...
BoxingFour Golds, Two Closed Doors: The Weight-Class Arithmetic Behind Indian Boxing's Best WeekFrom the upper balcony of the KD Jadhav Hall, watching the 81kg final, my eye...
BoxingThree Cards, Five Judges, One Empty Calendar: An Audit of Boxing's Scoring CrisisThere is a moment before the verdict when the whole hall looks at the same...
BoxingSix Boxers, Zero Medals in Paris: Indian Boxing Lost Its Real Bout at the TableIn the first week of June 2026, inside an indoor hall in Bangkok, Jaismine...
BoxingWeight classes, payrolls and the LA28 circular: Indian boxing's real transfer windowAt seven in the morning, four women were queued at the scale in the NIS hall ...
BoxingIndian Boxing: The 2028 Six-and-Six Class List and a Career Decided on the ScalesAt the SAI NIS hall in Patiala last month a coach drew two columns on a...
BoxingNo Date on the Trial Sheet: Where Indian Boxing's Domestic Chain Stalled After ParisThe last column on the attendance sheet at the Patiala NIS camp, which I look...
BoxingNew Weight Classes, Old Register: The Ledger Inside Patiala's Post-Paris CampThere is a register at the gate of the NIS hostel in Patiala. Four columns:...
BoxingSix Bout Sheets from Paris: Indian Boxing's Defeat Is Written in Weight-Class Arithmetic, Not in the ScorecardsSix bout sheets from the Paris Olympics are lying on my desk in Kolkata. None...
BoxingThe Real Story of Indian Boxing Is a Patiala Camp-Day Budget, Not the Paris ZeroSix franchises in a Delhi indoor hall, a two-week format, and one question th...
BoxingAfter the Third Count: Boxing's Scorecard, the Shifting Code, and the Labour Beneath the MedalsI counted the scorecard three times before I believed it. 2026, quarter-final...
BoxingThe June 2026 Circular and the Liverpool Weigh-In Sheet: Indian Boxing’s Real Fight Is Being Fought on PaperIn that Liverpool hall, the official beside the scales was filling two column...
