Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): National boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has praised Manoj Kumar after he defeated London Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the Men's Light Welter 64kg event here at the Rio Olympics.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.13 (ANI): Indian boxer Vikas Krishan remained on course to hand the country an elusive Olympic medal as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the men's middleweight 75 kg event after knocking down Turkey's Onder Sipal 3-0 here in Rio de Janeiro on Satur
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.11 (ANI): Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was knocked out of the Rio Olympics after going down 0-3 at the hands of Cuba's Ramirez Robeisy in the Men's Bantam 56kg event here on Thursday.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 11 (ANI): Indian boxer Manoj Kumar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Men's Light Welter (64kg) event after knocking down Lithuania's former lightweight Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas 2-1 here on Thursday.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 10 (ANI): India's boxing campaign at Rio Olympics kicked off on a positive note as boxer Vikas Krishan stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the men's middleweight (75 kg) bout after knocking down USA's Charles Conwel 3-0 here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 17, (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday congratulated Vijender Singh for clinching the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title, saying the star boxer has made the country proud with his feat.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Indian Boxer Vijendra Singh clinched his 7th victory by beating Kerry Hope in the WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title at the Thyagraj Sports Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
Melbourne, July 13 (ANI): Filipino senator and boxing legend Manny Pacquiao wants to come out of his retirement to fight again later this year, according to the boxer's long-time promoter.
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): With nearly a week to go for knockout king Vijender Singh's maiden WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Championship title bout, his trainer Lee Beard is confident of his knockout win against experienced Australian boxer Kerry Hope.