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'Stressed' Indian women's boxing's High Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco to head back home

New Delhi: Indian women’s boxing’s High Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco has decided to head back to his home in Italy after spending nearly a month here “waiting” for the national federation to respond to his queries on whether he would be “retained”. Bergamasco’s contract officially ends on Wednesday and the 50-year-old, who joined in 2017, told PTI that he is …

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

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 …

A single punching bag hung from a concrete roof at some distance from the indoor hall of Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Stadium in Guwahati, where the India Open boxing was in full swing in 2019. Outside the arena, the Indian women's boxing team coach Rafaelle Bergamasco spotted Pooja Rani among a group of boxers and took her aside. A month …

India's Italian women's boxing coach committed to Olympic quest

Bergamasco betting big on young Indian boxing talent

She is the biggest name in boxing but she's 36 and may not hang around for long. Raffaele Bergamasco, the High Performance Director for Indian women's boxing, feels that there are plenty of talented girls in the country but it will not be easy to take over from 'Magnificent Mary', the six-time World champion. We may not have a girl …

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: Six-time champion Mary Kom ready to punch some more with Olympic qualifiers on horizon

Coach Bergamasco - Man behind Indian women’s boxing’s Chak De moment

“Mujhe states ke naam na sunai dete hai aur na dikhai dete hai, sirf ek mulk ka naam sunai deta hai. Raffaele Bergamasco, the Performance Director of Indian women’s boxing, has very little idea about Bollywood movies but astonishingly, his coaching methodology bears great resemblance to the movie’s script. India women’s boxing Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco with MC Mary Kom …