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Six Paris Scorecards and LA28's New Weigh-In: Indian Boxing's Real Transfer Window2026-10-24Six Paris Scorecards and LA28's New Weigh-In: Indian Boxing's Real Transfer...
Paris Zero: Indian Boxing's Real Problem Isn't in the Ring, It's on the Payroll2026-10-23North Paris Arena, August 2026. Men's 71kg quarterfinal. Nishant Dev stood in...
After Paris: Six Boxers, an Empty Domestic Calendar and the Rewritten 2028 Arithmetic2026-10-23Paris, August 2026. Arena Paris Nord, Villepinte. Men's 71kg quarterfinal —...
Counting Empty Chairs: The Weight Class That Was Absent From India's Boxing Trial2026-10-24The first thing I noted was who was not there. In the trial hall at Patiala,...
Twelve Weight Classes and One Empty Column: What the LA28 Ledger Asks of Indian Boxing2026-10-24Costa Navarino, 20 March 2026. Hands went up at the IOC Session and boxing...
After World Boxing's Recognition, Indian Boxing Has New Paperwork and the Same Empty Calendar2026-10-24On 20 March 2026, hands went up at the IOC Session in Costa Navarino and boxi...
Counting Empty Chairs: The Weight Class That Was Absent From India's Boxing TrialThe first thing I noted was who was not there. In the trial hall at Patiala,...
Twelve Weight Classes and One Empty Column: What the LA28 Ledger Asks of Indian BoxingCosta Navarino, 20 March 2026. Hands went up at the IOC Session and boxing...
After World Boxing's Recognition, Indian Boxing Has New Paperwork and the Same Empty CalendarOn 20 March 2026, hands went up at the IOC Session in Costa Navarino and boxi...
Auditing Zero: Indian Boxing’s Scorecards, Clauses and Calendar After Paris 2026In the 50kg round of 16 at the North Paris Arena, Nikhat Zareen’s bout ended...
Six Paris Scorecards and LA28's New Weigh-In: Indian Boxing's Real Transfer WindowSix Paris Scorecards and LA28's New Weigh-In: Indian Boxing's Real Transfer...
One Man, Five Women, Six Zeroes: The Payroll Audit of Indian Boxing After ParisNorth Paris Arena, August 2026. The crowd noise was bouncing off my left ear...
Paris Zero: Indian Boxing's Real Problem Isn't in the Ring, It's on the PayrollNorth Paris Arena, August 2026. Men's 71kg quarterfinal. Nishant Dev stood in...
The Quota Came, the Division Changed: The Arithmetic of Indian Boxing That No Medal Table ShowsIn that hall in Amman a board hung on the wall where the quotas were being...
The Ladder of Kilograms and the Queue for a Job: Indian Boxing's Unscored SeasonAt 6:10 on a winter morning in 2026, an A4 sheet was taped to the wall of the...
After Paris: Six Boxers, an Empty Domestic Calendar and the Rewritten 2028 ArithmeticParis, August 2026. Arena Paris Nord, Villepinte. Men's 71kg quarterfinal —...
The Scale Changed, the Payroll Didn't: Accounting for Indian Boxing's Next CycleThe Scale Changed, the Payroll Didn't: Accounting for Indian Boxing's Next...
Patiala's Payroll, Amman's Calendar: Indian Boxing's Real Scoreboard Rings Outside the RingMarch 2026, Amman. Day four at the Prince Hamza Hall. I was in the arena host...
The Injury Filed Before It Was Suffered: Reading Indian Boxing Through Screening Forms, Weigh-In Mornings and Employer FilesOn the third page of a pre-participation screening form there is a box:...
The 75-Kilogram Verdict: Lovlina Borgohain, the Assam Police File, and the Arithmetic That Comes Before a Medal4 August 2026, North Paris Arena, the first session of the afternoon. The...
Six Quotas, Zero Medals: The Indian Boxing Ledger Nobody Opened After ParisThe scorecards were being read out at the North Paris Arena — 1-4. Nishant De...
Paris's Empty Medal Column and Patiala's Entry List: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Over Weight ClassesA selection-trial sheet from last domestic season still sits in my folder. On...