World Championships spots up for grab as 5th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships kickstarts

The
tournament
will
go
on
till
September
21.
Subsequent
selection
trials
will
continue
till
September
24.

With
the
participation
of
35
States/UT
Units
and
Boards
and
close
to
400
boxers,
the
championships
will
be
played
as
per
the
International
Boxing
Association’s
(AIBA)
revised
weight
divisions,
increased
from
10
to
13.
The
2017
World
Championships
bronze
medallist
Gaurav
Bidhuri
will
be
another
notable
name
to
be
seen
in
action
in
the
seven-day
event.

The
prestigious
domestic
boxing
event
is
making
a
comeback
after
a
gap
of
one
year
due
to
the
Covid-19
pandemic
with
the
last
edition
being
held
in
2019
in
Baddi,
Himachal
Pradesh.

The
upcoming
championships
will
also
serve
a
great
opportunity
for
the
boxers
as
the
gold
medallist
will
be
selected
to
represent
the
country
at
the
upcoming
2021
AIBA
Elite
Men’s
World
Boxing
Championships
which
is
scheduled
in
Belgrade,
Serbia
from
October
24
to
November
6.

The
gold
and
silver
medallists
of
the
National
Championships
will
join
the
national
coaching
camp.
While
the
remaining
two
spots
in
the
camp
will
be
decided
on
the
basis
of
selection
trials,
which
will
take
place
right
after
the
Nationals,
where
the
two
bronze
medallists
of
the
Nationals
will
compete
alongside
the
boxers
representing
the
second
team
of
those
three
top
teams
of
the
last
National
Championships—SSCB,
RSPB
and
Haryana.

The
announcement
of
the
remaining
two
names
for
the
national
camp
will
be
made
on
September
24
on
the
basis
of
results
of
the
selection
trials.

Source:
Media
Release