📰 India at Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships (2025)
📌 Event Highlights
- Venue: Amman, Jordan
- Edition: Inaugural Asian U-15 & U-17 Boxing Championships
- India’s Medal Tally: 43 medals
- 🥇 Gold – 15
- 🥈 Silver – 6
- 🥉 Bronze – 22
- Overall Rank: 2nd (behind Kazakhstan).
📌 Key Performances
- U-17 Girls:
- Khushi Chand – Gold (3-2 vs Mongolia’s Altanzul Altangadas).
- Ahaana Sharma – Gold (5-0 victory).
- Jannat – Gold (5-0 victory).
- Anshika – Gold (1st-round win vs Jordan’s Jana Alalawneh).
- U-17 Boys:
- Devansh – Silver.
- Team total: 1 Silver + 6 Bronze.
📌 Significance
- Strong international showing for India’s youth boxing talent pipeline.
- Positions India as a rising boxing powerhouse in Asia.
- BFI Interim President Ajay Singh:
- Called it a proud and satisfying performance.
- Expressed hope for athletes’ future success at the Olympics.
Updated - May 2, 2025 9:31 AM | News On Air
