Boxing
BoxingFrom a Patiala Room to the Ring: Indian Boxing's Real Scorecard Is the One That Never Got TelevisedThere is a room on the NIS campus in Patiala where, most mornings around six,...
BoxingParis, Empty-Handed: Indian Boxing's Real Scoreboard Hangs on a Patiala Payroll SheetAugust 2026, North Paris Arena. From the third corner of the ring I watched...
BoxingThe Ledger Speaks: In Indian Boxing's Real Transfer Window, Postings Change — Not BoxersIn December, inside a railway divisional office in Secunderabad, I read a nam...
BoxingSix Names in Paris, Zero Medals: The Indian Boxing Ledger That Only Gets Opened Every Four YearsThe Paris Olympic boxing entry sheet carried six Indian names — Nikhat Zareen...
BoxingSix Quotas, Four From One Event: Indian Boxing's Empty Ranking AccountTwo Paris Scorecards, and the Account Indian Boxing Never Filled 4 August 202...
BoxingParis's Empty Podium: India's Boxing Defeat Was Written in Kilograms and Calendars, Not in the Third RoundAugust 2026, North Paris Arena. The lights were on Marco Verde and on the...
BoxingNine Quotas in Amman, Zero Medals in Paris: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Outside the RingI remember the night at KD Jadhav Hall clearly. November 2026, the women's...
BoxingThe Weight Changed, the Payroll Didn't: LA28's Six-by-Six Class List and India's Empty Side of the ScaleThe scale went up to 63.4 kg and came back down. In March 2026, a boxer who h...
BoxingIndian Boxing's Hardest Round Is Being Fought in Selection Files, Not in the RingThe moment I said it out loud for the first time, three group chats went quie...
BoxingThe Invisible Transfer Window: From Liverpool 2026 to LA28, Where Indian Boxing Actually Does Its BusinessLiverpool, September 2026. I had finished my floor-show shift for the evening...
BoxingIndian Boxing's Real Opponent Is the Quota, Not the MedalIndian Boxing's Real Opponent Is the Quota, Not the Medal There is a folder o...
BoxingSix Names, Zero Medals, and a Count Nobody KeptThe Paris Olympics boxing entry list carried six Indian names. Six. Tokyo had...
BoxingSeven Slots, Eleven Names: Indian Boxing's Real Season Is Lived in the Weigh-in CorridorAt six forty-two on a Patiala morning, a sheet of paper went up on the wall o...
BoxingSix Boxers, Zero Medals: India's Real Paris Defeat Happened in the Weight Classes, Not the RingAugust 2026, North Paris Arena. Nishant Dev lost his 71kg quarterfinal to...
BoxingCleared on the Scale, Broken in the Body: Indian Boxing's Weight-Cut LedgerThe three defeats written into the Paris ring had a first draft, and it was...
