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{{short description|Boxing in India}}
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In [[India]], the sport of [[boxing]] is governed by the Indian Boxing Federation. The majority of boxing in India occurs nationally and internationally as [[amateur boxing]], with only a few boxers opting to pursue [[professional boxing]]. This has been attributed to a lack of promotional companies, facilities, and revenue. However, India is a regular medal-holder at international tournaments including the [[Asian Games]] and [[Commonwealth Games]], and [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]. Boxing has been rising in popularity in certain states, particularly in [[Haryana]]. The [[Bhiwani Boxing Club]] in [[Bhiwani]], Haryana has produced medalists in various weight classes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raja|first=Abhijit|title=Boxing: The Rise of 'Little Cuba' in Bhiwani, India|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/549380-boxing-the-rise-of-little-cuba-in-bhiwaniindia|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=M|first=Hari Kishore|date=2021-06-02|title=Boxing from Bhiwani, India’s "mini-Cuba"|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/boxing/boxing-bhiwani-india-s-mini-cuba|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref>

== Notable boxers and boxing victories ==

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, [[Vijender Singh]] won a bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category, while [[Akhil Kumar]] and [[Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)|Jitender Kumar]] qualified for the quarterfinals. Akhil Kumar, Jitender Kumar, A.L. Lakra, and Dinesh Kumar each won a bronze medal at the 2008 World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2008 Summer Olympics Boxing Results - Beijing, China - ESPN|url = http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/results?discId=9|website = sports.espn.go.com|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref>

[[Vijender Singh]] briefly reached World No.1 in the middle weight (75 kg) category class in 2009, when the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) list was updated after 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Milan, where he won India's first medal in an [[AIBA World Boxing Championships|AIBA-WBC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vijender becomes world number one - The Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/boxing/Vijender-becomes-world-number-one/articleshow/5067839.cms?referral=PM|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref> On 29 June 2015, Vijender Singh bid adieu to his amateur career by turning professional as he signed a multi-year agreement with [[Frank Warren (promoter)|Queensberry Promotions]] through IOS Sports and Entertainment. This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remained eligible to represent India.

India's [[Mary Kom]] is a six-time [[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Boxing]] champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Magnificent Mary|url = http://iseeindia.com/2011/08/13/magnificent-mary/|website = I See India|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref> She also became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal at the Asian Games during the [[2014 Asian Games]] at [[Incheon]], South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mc-mary-kom-delivers-first-boxing-gold-at-asian-games-2014/|title=MC Mary Kom delivers first boxing gold at Asian Games 2014|access-date=2015-05-04}}</ref>

==Total medals won by Indian Boxers in Major tournaments==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Competition
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total
|-

|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|0
|0
|3
|3
|-
|[[AIBA World Boxing Championships|World Boxing Championships]]
|10
|9
|26
|45
|-
|[[Boxing at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|9
|16
|32
|57
|-
|[[Boxing at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|8
|12
|17
|37
|-
|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]
|30
|46
|68
|144
|-
| Total || '''57''' || '''83''' || '''146''' || '''286'''
|-
|}

== Notable Performance at Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
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|rowspan = "2"|[[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
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| [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight|Light heavyweight]] || [[Gurcharan Singh (boxer)|Gurcharan Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]] || '''[[Vijender Singh]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
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| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]] || [[Jitender Kumar (boxer, born 1988)|Jitender Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]] || [[Akhil Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight|Women's flyweight]] || '''[[Mary Kom]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
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| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light flyweight|Men's light flyweight]] || [[Devendro Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight|Men's middleweight]] || [[Vijender Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
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| [[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight|Men's middleweight]] || [[Vikas Krishan Yadav]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's welterweight|Women's welterweight]] || '''[[Lovlina Borgohain]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
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| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight|Women's middleweight]] || [[Pooja Rani]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's super heavyweight|Men's super heavyweight]] || [[Satish Kumar (boxer)|Satish Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|}

==In popular culture==
In 2014, [[Priyanka Chopra]] portrayed [[Mary Kom]] in an award winning [[Mary Kom (film)|biographical film about her life]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = MARY KOM {{!}} British Board of Film Classification|url = http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/mary-kom-2014|website = www.bbfc.co.uk|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sport in India}}

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