Boxing
The Weigh-In Sheet, the Posting Order and the Empty Column: Who Writes Indian Boxing's 2026 Calendar
India's Boxing Quota Ledger: Six Names, One Struck-Out Entry, and the Weight-Class Arithmetic Nobody Publishes
Six Boxers, Zero Medals, and the Ledger Nobody Balanced After Paris
Six Olympic Quotas, One Bronze: Indian Boxing's Real Story Is Buried in Job Postings and Weight Classes
A 1-4 Split and an Empty Quota: Auditing Indian Boxing's Scorecard
Boxing's transfer window is not settled in contracts — it is settled in release letters
BoxingBoxing's transfer window is not settled in contracts — it is settled in release lettersThe name on a weigh-in sheet is struck out in black ink, never pencil. In the...
BoxingWeight classes and NOCs: the real transfer window of Indian women's boxing is a paper fileThe scale in the NIS weigh-in room in Patiala read 50.4 kilograms on a Februa...
BoxingThe Weight Class That Vanished Quietly: LA 2028's Redraw and Patiala's Entry ListIn December 2026, I was the one who told a 49kg boxer from Bhiwani that his...
BoxingThe Weigh-In Sheet, the Posting Order and the Empty Column: Who Writes Indian Boxing's 2026 CalendarHook On a January 2026 morning at the SAI NIS hall in Patiala there was a que...
BoxingPayroll, Kilograms and Paperwork: Indian Boxing's Quiet Transfer WindowThe sheet taped to the notice board outside the weights room at the National...
BoxingThree Rows Are Crossed Out on the Patiala Whiteboard — and That Cross Came From a Circular, Not a PunchThe whiteboard on the wall of Hall Two at SAI NIS Patiala is, these days, an...
BoxingIndia's Boxing Quota Ledger: Six Names, One Struck-Out Entry, and the Weight-Class Arithmetic Nobody PublishesBangkok, June 2026. The final day of the second World Qualification Tournamen...
BoxingFour National Champions, One Olympic Berth: The Weight-Class Arithmetic of Indian BoxingThe trial sheet goes up on the wall at the SAI centre in Patiala at seven in...
BoxingSix Boxers, Zero Medals, and the Ledger Nobody Balanced After ParisThere were six Indian names in the Paris Olympic boxing draw. Four of them di...
BoxingIndia's Next Boxing Cycle Starts With a Posting, Not a PodiumThe feed never slept in Hamburg in August 2026, and neither did I. Nine night...
BoxingThe Weight-Class Redraw and Indian Boxing's Empty CalendarThe corridor at the national camp in Patiala smelled like bleach, and nobody...