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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian boxing captain Caitlin Parker hits out at gender eligibility call at Paris Olympics, as coach defends the decision

ABC

Australian boxing captain Caitlin Parker says she believes the Olympics' approval of two boxers who had failed gender eligibility tests is "incredibly dangerous". Imane Khelif of Algeria and Taiwan's Lin Yu‑ting were thrown out by the International Boxing Association that has since lost sanctioning power of the Olympics due to integrity concerns. The IOC is in charge of Paris's boxing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games: Looking for the perfect one-two punch

Hindustan Times

The fight in the boxing ring in Hangzhou will be not only about the medals. The Asian Games boxing competition, organised by the International Olympic Committee's working group, is also a qualifier for 2024 Paris Olympics and that raises the stakes for the boxers. An Olympic medallist -- Lovlina Borgohain -- and two-time reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen -- is …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Bernard Dunne Optimistic of India’s Chances ahead of 2022 Asian Boxing Championships

News 18

Newly-appointed High Performance Director of Indian Boxing, Bernard Dunne has mentioned his goal right now is to enhance performance levels of the Indian team and help the boxers achieve their goals. The Irishman, who replaced Santiago Nieva for the HPD post earlier this month, spoke on Friday ahead of the team’s departure for Jordan to compete in the Asian Elite …

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2 years, 2 months ago

BFI appoints Irish legend Bernard Dunne as India’s new high-performance director

The Hindu

Former Irish professional boxer Bernard Dunne has been named the high performance director for Indian boxing. I’m excited to take the standards of Indian boxing to a new high,” said Dunne, a well-known professional boxer who won the European Championship in 2007and the WBA World Championship in 2009. “This is a major boost to our aim of winning medals at …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Competition system in India well behind big nations, need to seize momentum back, says Santiago Nieva

Firstpost

The outgoing High Performance Director added that he was confident of India making up for a disappointing outing in Tokyo with a much bigger haul at the Paris Olympics. New Delhi: “Competition system in India is well behind big boxing countries and it needs to seize the momentum back,” says outgoing High Performance Director Santiago Nieva, whose stint with India …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Santiago Nieva steps down as Indian boxing High Performance Director

The Hindu

Indian men's boxing team High Performance Director Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role after serving for five years, the national federation said on Saturday. Nieva's five-year stint had seen some impressive achievements such as the highest-ever participation at the Tokyo Olympics and historic two medals in the 2019 Men’s World Championships. He has played an instrumental role in …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Santiago Nieva steps down as High Performance Director of Indian boxing team

The Hindu

Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role as Indian boxing team's high performance director, according to a statement issued by the Boxing Federation of India on Saturday. I believe Indian boxing has great potential and it will continue to grow.” Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, primarily worked with the men boxers. The Indian boxers …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Nieva: Will look to rebuild, several aspects need improvement

The Hindu

Retained as Indian men's boxing's High-Performance Director after a few months of deliberation and discussion, Santiago Nieva says the immediate focus in his second stint would be to rebuild the team, which hit a low by ending medal-less in the Tokyo Olympics. His position came under considerable pressure in the aftermath of the Tokyo Games where none of the five …

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3 years ago

Boxing | Nieva set to be retained as men’s HPD for one year

The Hindu

The Indian men’s boxing team’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva is all set to be retained for at least one more year after several rounds of deliberation within the national federation following an underwhelming Olympic performance by the pugilists. The BFI had stated that a further extension for Nieva would depend on a review of the performance in Tokyo where …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Boxing World Championships: Narender Berwal enters last-16 with facile win

The Hindu

Indian boxer Narender Berwal stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the AIBA Men's World Championships after out-classing Sierra Leone's Mohamed Kendeh in a lop-sided second-round contest here on Thursday. Kendeh's sluggish footwork, inability to either defend himself or launch any attack of note eventually forced the referee to hand him a standing eight count a minute and a half into the …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Indian boxing's coaching staff could be completely overhauled over Tokyo flop show, says report

Firstpost

It is reliably learnt that the two High Performance Directors Santiago Nieva and Raffaele Bergamasco along with the national head coaches CA Kuttappa and Mohammed Ali Qamar are under intense scrutiny at this point. New Delhi: Indian boxing’s coaching staff could be “completely overhauled” in the next three months depending on how the world championships pan out, a national federation …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Some New Faces Likely at World Championship, Boxing Nationals to Provide Options: Santiago Nieva

News 18

The Indian men’s boxing team for the world championship would be picked on the basis of performances in next month’s Nationals, High Performance Director Santiago Nieva told PTI, conceding that there is very little time in hand to go for elaborate trials. Nieva, who is currently on a break, spoke to PTI from his home base in Sweden and touched …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Martinez was a challenge for Panghal even during sparring sessions, says high-performance director Nieva

Firstpost

Indian men’s boxing campaign suffered a massive blow at Tokyo Olympics 2020, with none of the five boxers — Amit Panghal, Manish Kaushik, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar, Vikas Krishan Yadav — making it to the last four. Being the No 1 seed, much was expected from him in his maiden Games but he was completely overpowered by Colombia’s Yuburjen Martinez, …

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$Panghal\'s Olympic disappointment, coaches dissect what went wrong$

3 years, 5 months ago

Panghal\'s Olympic disappointment, coaches dissect what went wrong

Deccan Chronicle

Tokyo: It was a loss that not many saw coming, that's how good Amit Panghal has been for the past four years but on Saturday, he suffered the first big setback of his career, unfortunately for him, it happened at the Olympics. It was something that has "perhaps never happened before", world number one flyweight Panghal being dominated. All his …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Amit Panghal knocked out in boxing pre-quarterfinals in Tokyo

The Hindu

An exhausted Amit Panghal’s quest for an Olympic medal came to an abrupt halt as he was knocked out by Colombia’s Martinez Rivas in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's boxing 52kg category. “I have never seen Amit so tired against any other opponent,” said Santiago Nieva, the high-performance director of Indian boxing, as he walked into the mixed zone moments …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: High-Performance Director Santiago Nieva confident of 'stronger performance' from Indian boxers

Firstpost

“It’s like the big final exam after studying hard,” said Indian boxing’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva, a touch nervous but mostly excited ahead of his own Olympic debut, aware that all the “good work of past four years wouldn’t count if there is no medal to show in Tokyo”. Mostly I am exited because it is like the final …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Eight Olympic-bound Indian boxers part of exposure tour to Italy

The Hindu

The Olympic-bound Indian boxers will look to gain some valuable sparring experience during their final exposure tour to Italy over the next few weeks. Eight of the nine Olympic-qualified boxers – including Amit Panghal and Vikas Krishan among men, Simranjit Kaur and Lovlina Borgohain among women – and eight other elite pugilists of the country will be part of the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian boxers to have three-week training camp abroad ahead of Games

Firstpost

New Delhi: India’s nine Olympic-bound boxers will travel abroad for a three-week training stint after getting a few days’ break following a record-shattering medal haul by the country’s pugilists at the just-concluded Asian Championships in Dubai. Speaking to PTI, Indian men’s boxing’s High-Performance Director Santiago Nieva said the boxers will reach Tokyo for the Games, five to seven days before …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Boxam International: Three Indians pull out of finals due to COVID-19

The Hindu

A COVID-19 case within the Indian men’s boxing team derailed its final at the 35th Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain. "What started as a great competition has ended in an anti-climax," Indian boxing high performance director Santiago Nieva told PTI from Castellon. "Because of local government regulations, she could not compete," Indian women's boxing high performance director Raffaele Bergamasco …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Boxam International: Indian men's team hit by COVID-19 as three boxers forced to withdraw from finals

Firstpost

New Delhi: The Indian men’s boxing team’s final campaign at the 35th Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain was derailed by a positive COVID-19 case in the side, resulting in three withdrawals from the summit clashes. “What started as a great competition has ended in an anti-climax,” Indian boxing’’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva told PTI from Castellon. “Because of …

Indian Pti Final Castellon Performance Director

4 years, 1 month ago

We needed to get back on track, says Santiago Nieva

The Hindu

As the Indian boxing team is looking forward to competing in the Cologne World Cup from December 17 during an extended European tour, high performance director Santiago Nieva feels the exposure has given the boxers certain advantage. READ: Boxing federation elections postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic “We needed to get back on track and test ourselves with boxers of different …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Indian Boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva Seeks More Boxers at National Camp

News 18

Resumption is done and expansion can now follow, said Indian boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva, revealing that addition of seven more boxers has been proposed at the ongoing national training camp for the Olympic-bound in Patiala. "We are currently able to do 70 per cent of the things that we used to do," Nieva said of the training regimen …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Nieva seeks more boxers at national camp, says things going well

The Hindu

Resumption is done and expansion can now follow, said Indian boxing’s High Performance Director Santiago Nieva, revealing that addition of seven more boxers has been proposed at the ongoing national training camp for the Olympic-bound in Patiala. Nine male boxers and a few of their women counterparts are training at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala, taking the first …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Focus on aerobic capacity and strength training as boxers return to training post coronavirus-forced lockdown

Firstpost

As training for boxers begin, the focus of the coaches currently is to raise the aerobic capacity levels for first two months followed by block strength training After going through a long period of lockdown and then quarantine, Indian boxers have now returned to training. Most of them were very alone, locked down in their home, without a bag or …

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Australian boxing captain Caitlin Parker hits out at gender eligibility call at Paris Olympics, as coach defends the decision

Asian Games: Looking for the perfect one-two punch

Bernard Dunne Optimistic of India’s Chances ahead of 2022 Asian Boxing Championships

BFI appoints Irish legend Bernard Dunne as India’s new high-performance director

Competition system in India well behind big nations, need to seize momentum back, says Santiago Nieva

Santiago Nieva steps down as Indian boxing High Performance Director

Santiago Nieva steps down as High Performance Director of Indian boxing team

Nieva: Will look to rebuild, several aspects need improvement

Boxing | Nieva set to be retained as men’s HPD for one year

Boxing World Championships: Narender Berwal enters last-16 with facile win

Indian boxing's coaching staff could be completely overhauled over Tokyo flop show, says report

Some New Faces Likely at World Championship, Boxing Nationals to Provide Options: Santiago Nieva

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Martinez was a challenge for Panghal even during sparring sessions, says high-performance director Nieva

Panghal\'s Olympic disappointment, coaches dissect what went wrong

Amit Panghal knocked out in boxing pre-quarterfinals in Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics 2020: High-Performance Director Santiago Nieva confident of 'stronger performance' from Indian boxers

Eight Olympic-bound Indian boxers part of exposure tour to Italy

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian boxers to have three-week training camp abroad ahead of Games

Boxam International: Three Indians pull out of finals due to COVID-19

Boxam International: Indian men's team hit by COVID-19 as three boxers forced to withdraw from finals

We needed to get back on track, says Santiago Nieva

Indian Boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva Seeks More Boxers at National Camp

Nieva seeks more boxers at national camp, says things going well

Focus on aerobic capacity and strength training as boxers return to training post coronavirus-forced lockdown