Boxers Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Mohammed Hussamudin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) scripted history as they ensured India’s best-ever haul of three medals by storming into the semi-finals of the men’s World Championships here yesterday. The quarterfinal wins mean the three pugilists will take home at least a bronze medal each. India’s previous best show came…
City athlete wins Silver in State Boxing League
February 1, 2021S.G. Naveena, an athlete based out of Mysuru, won silver medal at the State-level Boxing League. Naveena along with Yash Raj and Manish took part in ADDO boxing league which was sanctioned by Karnataka Amateur Boxing Association and held in Bengaluru on Jan. 16 and 17. While Yash Raj and Manish were awarded ‘Certificate of…
Not satisfied with boxers’ home training: Chief Coach Kuttappa
May 26, 2020Wife and daughter sad but can’t wait to re-start National Camp, says Mysuru-based Dronacharya Awardee New Delhi: India’s Chief Men’s Boxing Coach C.A. Kuttappa says he cannot wait for the National Camp to resume on June 10 after the COVID-19-forced disruption as he is not satisfied with the Olympic-bound pugilists’ fitness training at home. The…
Boxing trials in Bengaluru
September 5, 2019The Karnataka Amateur Boxing Association (KABA) will conduct trials at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru tomorrow (Sept.6) to select the State team for the BFI Elite Men’s Boxing Championship. The Nationals are at Shimla from Oct.4. Registration of the names with weight details may be done with Sai Satish [Mob: 94481-14716].
Mary Kom lifts record 6th gold at Boxing Worlds
November 25, 2018Mary Kom scripted history at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi yesterday by clinching a record sixth World Championship Gold Medal in the light flyweight 48kg category after outclassing Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by an unanimous 5:0 verdict. The 35-year-old Kom, a mother of three and a pre-tournament favourite for the gold, rewrote the…
Mysuru-based Kuttappa nominated for Dhronacharya Award in boxing
September 19, 2018Mysuru-based C.A. Kuttappa, serving as Subedar in the Army and a resident of Gokulam here, has been nominated for the Dronacharya Award for 2018 in Boxing. Hailing from the Chenanda family, C.A. Kuttappa has been coaching the Indian men’s boxing team since 2009 May. The names have been recommended to the Sports Ministry by the…
City’s boxing coach Kuttappa to train elite Indian men
July 21, 2017Mysuru- based boxing coach C.A. Kuttappa has been selected to coach the elite Indian men’s boxing team which is currently in training in France. The Indian contingent will train in France till July 24. The team consists of Amit (49 kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht (52 kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (56 kg), Shiva Thapa (60 kg), Ashish…
ASBC Asian Boxing Championship 2017: India emerge joint third
May 9, 2017The Indian men’s boxing team ended the Asian Boxing Championship as joint third with Mongolia by winning a total of four medals including two silver and two bronze medals at the championship which concluded at Uzbekistan on Sunday (May 7). Shiva Thapa (60 kg) and Sumit Sangwan (91 kg) won the silver medals, while Amit…
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