Boxing
The Real Fight Is on the Bout Sheet: Indian Boxing Is Stuck Between 48 and 51 KilogramsOn the second day of a domestic elite meet last season I was standing in the...
From the Patiala Scale to Los Angeles: Who Keeps Indian Boxing's Four-Year LedgerAt the national camp in Patiala the scale is calibrated at 6:40 in the mornin...
From 50.6 to 50.0: Inside the Patiala Corridor Where Indian Boxing's Next Four Years Are Being WeighedFebruary morning at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala. 6:40 a.m. The...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals: The Real Paris Story Was Written on the 51kg ScaleThree days after India's boxing campaign ended in Paris without a medal, I wa...
Indian Boxing's Real Transfer Window: Kilograms, Appointment Letters and the Eleven Unphotographed MonthsBefore a boxer steps on the scale, he empties his pockets — a key, a folded...
Six Weight Classes, One NOC: Indian Boxing's Next Cycle Begins on Paper1 February 2026, 7:40 a.m., the weigh-in room at SAI NIS Patiala. The scale...
Four Out of Six: The Hollow Middle of Indian Women's BoxingThe scale read 59.6. The sixteen-year-old looked at the numbers once, then...
