Boxing
Silent Gyms, Loud Quotas: The Real Picture of Indian Boxing Before LA28The arena in Hamburg, 2026. After Gaurav Bidhuri's semifinal defeat in the 56...
The Patiala Register: Where Paris's Zero Was Entered, and Where the Next Ledger BeginsAt 5:40 in the morning, the corridor of the NIS hostel in Patiala is only hal...
Four Golds, Zero Men's Finalists: The Medal Table That Was Really a Weight-Class Accounting ProblemDelhi's Indira Gandhi Stadium, November 2026. I wasn't in the press box; I wa...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals, One Empty Calendar: Auditing Indian Boxing After ParisAugust 2026, Paris. Nishant Dev's 71kg quarterfinal ended on a split decision...
After Paris, Indian Boxing: Six Boxers, Zero Medals and the Injury Ledger Nobody OpensDuring the Paris Olympic boxing sessions I carried a ledger: a bout-time shee...
The Scale Changed, the Names Did Not: India's Next Boxing Cycle Starts in a Weigh-In RoomAt seven in the morning at SAI NIS Patiala, the weigh-in queue moves slowly. ...
The Release Letter Arrived Late: Indian Boxing's Transfer Ledger and World Boxing's New Entry ListAn entry sheet lay open in the office at the national camp in Patiala. Agains...
Ninety-Six Names in the Registry, Six Boxers in Paris, Zero Medals: India's Unreconciled Boxing LedgerLast week I opened the inter-unit registration file for the third time. Three...
