Boxing
289 to 249: Olympic Boxing's Quota Arithmetic and the Weight-Class Lottery2026-10-25There was a slot marked 71 kilograms on the Paris bout sheet, and Nishant Dev...
Six Entries, Zero Medals: Why Indian Boxing's Calendar Is Empty2026-10-25I begin with the autopsy, because the verdict usually hides the incentives. T...
Paris Zero: The Medical File That Shows Where Indian Boxing's Three Quarterfinals Slipped2026-10-26Three quarterfinals in the last week of the Paris Olympics, three defeats, an...
The Empty Warm-Up Track at Patiala: What the Entry List Said and the Medal Table Never Will2026-10-26At seven in the morning the warm-up track at the NIS campus in Patiala was...
Indian Boxing's Real Opponent Isn't the Quota — It's the Payroll2026-10-25I went back to the tape on the Paris men's 71kg quarterfinal — specifically t...
Paris Zero: The Medical File That Shows Where Indian Boxing's Three Quarterfinals SlippedThree quarterfinals in the last week of the Paris Olympics, three defeats, an...
The Empty Warm-Up Track at Patiala: What the Entry List Said and the Medal Table Never WillAt seven in the morning the warm-up track at the NIS campus in Patiala was...
Indian Boxing's Real Opponent Isn't the Quota — It's the PayrollI went back to the tape on the Paris men's 71kg quarterfinal — specifically t...
From 48kg to 51kg: In Indian Boxing, Careers Are Decided by the Weight-Class Calendar, Not the RingAthletics does not delete its events. The hurdles may be re-spaced, the pole...
289 to 249: Olympic Boxing's Quota Arithmetic and the Weight-Class LotteryThere was a slot marked 71 kilograms on the Paris bout sheet, and Nishant Dev...
Six Entries, Zero Medals: Why Indian Boxing's Calendar Is EmptyI begin with the autopsy, because the verdict usually hides the incentives. T...
The Patiala Camp List: In Indian Boxing the Payroll Picks the Team, Not the PunchThe notice went up on the board at the SAI NIS campus in Patiala last month:...
Three Bronzes, Zero Finals: Indian Boxing's Real Defeat Is a Weight-Class Redraw Nobody AnnouncedThree bronzes. Seventeen years. Zero finals. Vijender Singh won bronze at 75k...
The Names Don't Match the Kilograms: India's Real Boxing Story Is the Entry ListOn the Delhi–Patiala train my laptop had exactly two columns open: name, and...