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Six Tokyo Olympians, including MC Mary Kom and Amit Panghal, have joined the ongoing national boxing camps in India. The women’s camp will be held in Delhi while the men will be training at Patiala’s Netaji Subhas National Institute of sports; both the camps will run till March 14.

After AIBA postponed women's World Championship in Istanbul till March 2022, BFI will hold trials to pick the team, as per a report in PTI. While the tournament was originally slated to be held from December 4, the world body decided to postpone it keeping in mind the increasing Covid-19 cases. 

India's Akash Kumar settled for a bronze medal after he was convincingly defeated by Kazakhstan's Makhmud Sabyrkhan in the semi-final of men's 54kg category. The pugilist from Bhiwani joined an elite list of boxers, as he became the seventh Indian to have won a medal at the mega event.

Demonstrating exemplary courage and tactical nous during the right moments, Akash Kumar (54kg) stunned Rio Olympic silver medallist Yoel Finol of Venezuela in the quarter-final to confirm India’s first medal at AIBA Men’s Boxing World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday.