2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships: Boxers from 5 countries including India start training in New Delhi

The Indian and other country boxers have started their preparation ahead of the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championship:

Date: March 15 to March 26

Venue: Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi (India)

2023 IBA Boxing Championship participation countries:

India are the host country and apart from Indian boxers, pugilists from Morocco, South Africa, France and Sri Lanka are also going to participate in the championship.

The top 12 Indian boxers, selected for the Championships, trained at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on Sunday for the first time after reaching Delhi ahead of the tournament along with the pugilists from the aforementioned countries.

The training camp is being organized by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) with the support of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). The leading Maharatna Company under the Ministry of Power signed a support agreement with BFI in February and as part of the long-term agreement, this training camp will a key initiative.

The joint boxers training focused on getting acclimatised and fine-tune the technical aspect of the game during the training session. The pugilists mostly used the school combat training style to get into the rhythm without the risk of getting injured.

The BFI will be hosting the Women's World Boxing Championships for the third time, most ever by any country since the tournament's inception and a total of 395 boxers, including the 12 Indians, from 78 countries have registered so far for this biennial event.

World Boxing Championships 2023 Prize Pool:

The event will also see a total prize pool of INR 20 crore - INR 10 crores being the pool for gold medallists. Boxers who finish as runners-up in their categories as well as those who claim bronze will receive their prizes from pools of INR 5 crores respectively.