The Asian Boxing Championship, which was supposed to be staged in November-December this year, has been postponed to 2021 owing to the current pandemic situation. Even though the number of Covid-19 cases has increased, the national boxing camp in Patiala has been held smoothly so far.

31-year-old boxer Manoj Kumar, who has three Commonwealth Games medals and a bronze medal in the Asian Championships in the 69kg category, has rejoined the national camp in Patiala. This comes after a rift with the Sports Authority of India who were indifferent to Kumar’s injury expenses in Mumbai.

2019 Asian Championship gold medalist Amit Panghal has stated that Rio Olympics Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov seemed to be scared of him of late. He also admitted that shifting up from the 49 kg to 52 kg category wasn’t very easy and shed light on his packed schedule with World Championship ahead.

Asian Games 2018 gold medalist, Amit Panghal has been nominated for the second highest sporting honour of the country after the Khel Ratna by the federation for the second time in two years. The 23-year-old had to move up to the 52kg category this year but he still won a gold in Asian Championship.

Asian Boxing Championship gold medalist in the 81kg, Pooja Rani has revealed that she didn’t want a lengthy recovery from her disastrous shoulder injury in 2017, and hence opted for physiotherapy over surgery. The 28-year-old defeated world champion Wang Lina in the final on Friday in Bangkok.