Boxing becoming India's top Olympic sport

croz14y ago

India is getting behind boxing in a big way. Assuming they do well on the date the country could be in for a major boom. Funny how countries which apparently don't care about the sport change their tune the moment they start winning ... what? http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_boxing-gradually-becoming-indias-top-olympic-sport_1676073 The stunning success story of these boxers underlines what has been felt by many for a couple of years now. While all the focus post Beijing Games has mainly been on Vijender, Indian boxing as a whole has undergone a silent revolution. Gradually, boxing is becoming the country’s top Olympic sport — in terms of the number of high-quality pugilists that have been produced as well as the medal prospects that have emerged. This was asserted during the Asian Games two years ago. They returned with a rich haul of two gold and three silver medals, their best ever Asiad performance. It came on the back of a poor show by the shooters, who were expected to do well but managed only one medal. More here from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17737756

Comments (19)

Sportofkings

Cant wait for the Olympics, hope Ireland bring back at least 4 medals in boxing and Joe Ward is able to enter the Olympics as a wildcard, even if he was hard done by with that loss to the hometown fighter. He could light up the pros with his talent to.

14y ago

GoogleMe

Would love to see more asians enter the sport. We need all the talent we can get, and I think there's some great boxers out there, just waiting for the World to see them

14y ago

croz

Apparently MMA also is getting big in India as well. They are literally riding on boxing's coat tails. I wanted to avoid saying it in the op but anywhere boxing has success MMA follows. And I don't think we actually know how successful they've been.The promoter seemed hesitant to drop out a real number ratings wise. Just like Dana White when he first went to Brazil telling us he got 39 million viewers, when in fact it was closer to 12 million. Expect any promotion in India to inflate the hell out of the ratings.

14y ago

Chex31

Roy jones jr got robbed of gold and america got butthurt and changed the whole system based off 1 badly judged fight. Floyd still got robbed.

14y ago

shadeyfizzle

Get rid of the head gear and silly scoring,wtf did they change it to begin with. Roy jones jr got robbed of gold and america got butthurt and changed the whole system based off 1 badly judged fight.

14y ago

hayZ

Apparently MMA also is getting big in India as well.

14y ago

shadeyfizzle

I read in Ring mag that Olympic boxing is getting big in China too. The bigger the world's talent pool the better the fighters will be that are produced.:boxing::boxing::boxing: Boxing has been big in china for the past 30yrs and ive been saying the past decade that if chinese boxers could turn pro it would change boxing's power structure completely. But because of china's sheer population size they have the talent to land gold in just about any olympic sport there is. India though has the world's 2nd largest population and they simply arent good at anything when it comes to the olympics so its no surprise they jump on the boxing bandwagon when they taste success in it.

14y ago

TheMexHurricane

they should be excited. They have the second largest population in the world and is there even any other olympic sport they excel in??? I read in Ring mag that Olympic boxing is getting big in China too. The bigger the world's talent pool the better the fighters will be that are produced.:boxing::boxing::boxing:

14y ago

No1

they should be excited. They have the second largest population in the world and is there even any other olympic sport they excel in??? They have a gold medal in setting up corner shops and takeaways :)

14y ago

Hougigo

i wanna see a dude with 8 arms box :boxing: His name... is Manny Pacquiao, lol. Bang Bang Bang!

14y ago

jose

i wanna see a dude with 8 arms box :boxing: Lmao Thanks for my first laugh of the day...

14y ago

frostyg

for any of you hispanohablantes out there: http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/deportes/2010-03-17/entrenadores-cubanos-representan-a-la-isla-en-mancomunidad-britanica/

14y ago

nomadman

Good for them. Would love to see more Indians in the sport and hope they have a bit of success at the Olympics. They have the numbers, the conditions and now increasingly the money/infrastructure to really make a big impact on the sport.

14y ago

frostyg

absolutely astounding that they neglect to mention that having a top Cuban as head coach, Blas Iglesias, is what sorted them out in the first place, turning their boxing team from a total non-entity to THE team to beat at the Commonwealth Games. they've had quite a few Cuban trainers over there, that's what's sorted them out. Now I don't know who the guy is holding the pads (at 2:05) so he could be from wherever, but he doesn't really look like what I would assume to be a typical inhabitant of a rural part of India... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16754131

14y ago

Mayweather410

Amir Khan is really helping the sport in his country. :lol1::lol1:

14y ago

shadeyfizzle

they should be excited. They have the second largest population in the world and is there even any other olympic sport they excel in???

14y ago

KING_MEAT

i wanna see a dude with 8 arms box :boxing:

14y ago

Mayweather410

Yo croz how is Ireland Boxing squad looking my boy joe ward got robbed bad