India have struck a conciliatory note by agreeing to christen the proposed new national body as the Boxing Federation of India, to escape the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) wrath.AIBA-appointed ad hoc committee currently administering the sport said, responding to the need of having a duly elected federation to facilitate Indian boxers, a whopping 33 out of 36 Indian states/UTs have applied to Boxing Federation of India for membership. India has time till 14th of May to put together a new federation, failing which the AIBA has threatened to bar the country's boxers from the Rio Olympic Games in August.Only one Indian boxer — Shiva Thapa (56kg) — has qualified for Rio Olympics so far with two more qualifying events — one each for men and women — still to go. To put the situation in perspective, a record seven men and one woman boxer had qualified for the Olympics in 2012, while only one has so far made the cut for Rio.
News On AIR | April 13, 2016 7:14 PM
Boxing Federation of India begins to take shape