The national boxing camp resumed on Monday with a group of 11 elite boxers, including Olympic aspirants Amit Phangal and Pooja Rani under high-performance director Santiago Nieva at the NIS in Patiala. The coach insisted that the players need to adapt 'new ways’ of training post lockdown.

Mary Kom feels that Indian boxing needs a boost at the grassroots level, only then can the pugilists go on and compete at the highest level. The six-time world champion is gearing up for her second appearance at the Olympics, having claimed a Bronze medal at the 2012 London Games.

With an aim to achieve fair and transparent verdicts, the Olympic boxing officials are going for a trial run of a new judging system. According to the new system, the scores will be updated real-time and it will be tested at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Stadium where the Olympic bouts will be held.

22-year-old amateur Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain said that the sport is more technical than it is about body power, unlike the focus at the youth levels. She further revealed that she was selected to represent her state Assam at the sub-junior level in 2012 purely because of her height.