Boxing

Asian Games gold medallist in 2018 (49kg) and world championship silver medallist in 2019 (52kg).

Olympic bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020 (69kg); two-time world championship bronze medallist and Asian champion in 2022 (75kg).

Six-time world amateur boxing champion and Olympic bronze medallist.

World champion in 2022 (52kg) and 2023 (50kg).

First Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal (bronze, Beijing 2008); later boxed professionally.

Ahmed Ismail El Shamy (Egyptian Arabic: احمد اسماعيل; born October 21, 1975) is an Egyptian boxer who competed in the Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. One year earlier, he won the gold medal in his weight division at the All-Africa Games as well as a bronze medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games.

Akaash Bhatia (born 1 May 1983 in Loughborough, England) is a British-Indian featherweight professional boxer. He is a former British Southern area featherweight champion.

Akhil Kumar (born 27 March 1981) is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an "open guarded" boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international boxing.

Ankushita Boro is an Indian boxer. She won gold medal at the 2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championships. She won gold medal in the first North East Olympic Games 2018, Imphal.

Anthresh Lalit Lakra (born 22 October 1983) is an Indian boxer who fought at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a featherweight.

Aruna Mishra is a female Indian boxer. Her career highlights include gold medals in the 2003 Asian Championships, 2004 World Cup and the 2011 World Police and Fire Games.

Ashish Kumar Chaudhary (born 18 July 1994) is an Indian amateur boxer who competes in the middleweight category. He won a silver medal at the 2019 Asian Championships and a gold medal at 2019 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament held in Bangkok. He also won bronze medal at 2020 Asia/Oceania Olympics Qualifier and represented India in middleweight category at 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Babu Lall (c. 1924 – 16 May 1953) was an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Benoy Bose (born 25 November 1929) is an Indian boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. In his first fight at the 1948 Summer Olympics, he lost to Francisco Núñez of Argentina.

Bhagyabati Kachari is an Indian boxer. She won a silver medal at the 9th Nation's Cup boxing tournament held at Sombor, Serbia. She won a gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati.

Birender Singh Thapa (10 February 1953 – 2 October 2021) was an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to Dietmar Geilich of East Germany.

Chenanda C. Machaiah (born 8 March 1954) is a boxer from Karnataka, India. He was one of the earliest boxers to represent India internationally.

Dharmendra Singh Yadav (born 29 December 1972) is an Indian boxer who won a bronze medal in 1990 Asian Championship. He received Arjuna Award for boxing in 1991. Yadav represented India 19 times in international events from 1989 to 1994.

Debendra Thapa (born 26 June 1977), also called Debind Thapa, is a Nepalese-Indian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2006. He challenged twice for the WBC-NABF super flyweight title in 2001 and the WBC-NABF super bantamweight title in 2003. As an amateur, he competed for India in the men's light flyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Devendro Singh Laishram (born 2 March 1992), also known as Devendro Singh or Devendro Laishram, is an Indian boxer from Imphal West district, Manipur who competes in the light-flyweight division. Devendro represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics and lost out in the quarter-finals in a tough bout against the eventual bronze medalist Irish boxer Paddy Barnes. Devendro qualified for the Olympics after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku.

Dilbag Singh (born 4 September 1981) Dilbag Singh is an Indian boxer.

Dinesh Kumar (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh. At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to Mehdi Ghorbani.

Master Chief Petty Officer Ngangom Dingko Singh (1 January 1979 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was from the North-eastern Indian state of Manipur. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.

Diwakar Prasad is an Indian former amateur boxer. He qualified to compete in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after losing in the finals of the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan to Thailand's Worapoj Petchkoom. In the 2004 Olympics he lost in the second round to Nigeria's Nestor Bolum and came joint 9th.

Eric Stanley Kenneth Whiteside (25 October 1904 – 12 May 1997) was an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics. 8 seconds several times.

Gaurav Bidhuri (born 16 May 1993) is an Indian boxer from Mandanpur Khadar village, New Delhi who competes in the 56 kg bantamweight division. He is ranked 11th in the World by AIBA in the year 2018. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Boxing Championships held at Hamburg, Germany.

Gaurav Solanki (born 21 January 1997) is an Indian boxer. He competes in the 52 kg category. In the year 2018, at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the gold medal in boxing's flyweight 52 kg category.

Gurcharan Singh (born 10 April 1977) is an Indian professional boxer born in Rurewal, Punjab, and currently settled in Philadelphia, US. He competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although he lost in the first round at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Singh excelled his boxing performance at the Sydney games by defeating South Korea's Ki Soo-Choi, and South Africa's Danie Venter in the first two rounds.

Harpreet Singh (Hindi: हरप्रीत सिंह, born April 27, 1979) is an Indian boxer.

Honorary Captain Hawa Singh Sheoran (16 December 1937 - 14 August 2000) was an Indian Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class. He won the Asian Games gold medal in the Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the games, in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad both held in Bangkok, Thailand - a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date (August 2008). He won the National Championships in the Heavyweight category a record 11 consecutive times — from 1961 to 1972.

Jagdish Singh is an Indian boxer and a boxing coach from Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. He founded the Bhiwani Boxing Club (BBC) in 2003, which produced four members of the five member boxing team in Beijing Olympics 2008, including the bronze medal winner, Vijender Singh. His five students received Arjun Award.

Jai Bhagwan (born 11 May 1985), is a two-time Asian Championships medallist and a bronze winner at the 2010 Commonwealth Games who also represented India in boxing in the lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2012 London Olympics. Bhagwan qualified for the London Games by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku. He was coached by the Indian Boxing Coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu.

Jaismine Lamboria (born 30 August 2001) is an Indian boxer. She is a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. She represented India in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Jamuna Boro (born 7 May 1997) is an Indian former boxer. She won bronze medal at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She won gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament in Guwahati.

Jaslal Pradhan (born 24 April 1957) is an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Dhawee Umponmaha of Thailand.

Jitender Kumar (जितेंदर कुमार, born 18 July 1988) is an Indian flyweight boxer. He won the bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Jitender Kumar (born 4 September 1977) is an Indian boxer who has medaled twice at Commonwealth Games and represented India in both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games.

John Francis (born 24 April 1965) is an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost to Liu Dong of China.

Kalaivani Srinivasan (born 25 November 1999) is a female Indian boxer who competes in the 48 kg category. She won a Silver medal at the Indian Seniors National Boxing Championship in Vijayanagar in 2019. She was named the ‘Most Promising Boxer’ at the Indian National Boxing Championship in 2019.

Kaur Singh (Punjabi: ਕੌਰ ਸਿੰਘ; 1948/1949 – 27 April 2023) was an Indian heavyweight champion boxer from Punjab. Singh won three gold medals for senior national boxing championship, Asian Boxing Championship and Asian Games.

Kavita Chahal (born 8 April 1985) is a 5' 9" tall heavyweight Indian female boxer and recipient of the highest world ranking 2 from 2012 to 2014 (AIBA Ranking - 11 in 2016) from the village Nimri which resides in the Bhiwani district, Haryana. In recognition of her achievements, the Government of India presented Chahal with the Arjuna Award in 2013. Chahal is the first female boxer from Haryana to be presented with the Arjuna Award.

Kavita Goyat (born 15 August 1988) is a female boxer from India. She competes in 69–75 kg weight category. Kavita won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.

L Ibomcha Singh is a boxing coach from Manipur in India. In 2010, he was awarded the Dronacharya Award for his services to boxing by the Indian government.

Laishram Sarita Devi (born 1 March 1982) is an Indian boxer from Manipur. She is a national champion and a former world champion in the lightweight class. In 2009, she was awarded Arjuna award by the government of India for her achievements.

Lakha Singh (born 2 January 1965) is an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Lekha K. C. represented Indian Women's Amateur boxing at 75 kg category and won gold medal in 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Mackertich "Mac" Joachim (1925 – 11 May 2013) was an Indian boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Joachim was born in Calcutta in 1925, to an Armenian father who had settled there. He later settled in England where he pursued a professional boxing career.

Mandeep Jangra (born 19 May 1993) is former Indian amateur boxer and current professional. He won the silver medal at the 2013 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in the welterweight category. He represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the same category and won the silver medal.

Residential sports hostels providing free boarding, lodging, and scientific training to promising athletes.

State and Central support to the academy established by MC Mary Kom to train elite boxers in the region.

On 8 September 2026 the Maharashtra Cabinet approved a revised policy for the 5 per cent parallel reservation for meritorious sportspersons in direct recruitment in state government and semi-government bodies. Sports included in at least three consecutive Summer Olympic Games after 2005 qualify, and Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Chess, Mallakhamb and Cricket have been added as regional sports. Under the revised policy, sports certificates must be verified through a digital Sports E-Certificate system within three months, and earlier government resolutions on the quota were rescinded.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), a Government of India enterprise, gives monthly scholarships to economically weaker young sportspersons who have the potential to excel in sport, in games including badminton, boxing, wrestling, kabaddi, chess, athletics and para sports. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. A scholarship is awarded for one year and can be extended up to two years based on annual performance. The number of scholarships is fixed game by game; for the 2025-26 round, for example, badminton had 6 (3 for men and 3 for women) and kabaddi had 20.

NHPC Limited, a Government of India enterprise, offers a sports scholarship to promising young players aged 14 to 19 years (14 to 24 years for para sports) in 16 games, to encourage their talent and build a talent pool during their formative years of education. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. Up to 32 scholarships are provided, two in each game, in two categories, Elite Scholar and Scholar, for a period of three years.

A flagship annual multi-disciplinary grassroots event held to identify and nurture young sporting talent at the school and college level across India.

Under instructions of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), central government ministries and departments can directly recruit meritorious sportspersons to Group C posts (including erstwhile Group D) that are filled by direct recruitment, in relaxation of the normal recruitment procedure. The list of qualifying sports has 65 disciplines (63 listed in 2020, with Tennis Ball Cricket added in January 2021 and Yogasana in June 2022). Kudo, Karate, Taekwondo, Golf, Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Badminton, Cricket and Tennis are among them. Railways and a few scientific and atomic-energy services follow separate rules.

The state runs multiple residential academies for different sports providing world-class coaching, equipment, and education.