Indian boxing’s teaching employees could possibly be overhauled after worlds as Tokyo Olympics evaluate continues

Indian boxing’s teaching employees could possibly be “completely overhauled” within the subsequent three months relying on how the world championships pan out, a nationwide federation supply has advised PTI, revealing that there’s “dissatisfaction” with the Tokyo Olympics efficiency.
It is reliably learnt that the 2 High Performance Directors Santiago Nieva (for males) and Raffaele Bergamasco (for ladies) together with the nationwide head coaches C A Kuttappa (males) and Mohammed Ali Qamar (ladies) are underneath intense scrutiny at this level.
India had its greatest ever boxing crew — 5 males and 4 ladies — competing on the Games in July-August, of whom solely Lovlina Borgohain might end on the rostrum with a bronze medal.
It was the nation’s first boxing medal on the Games in 9 years, however extra was anticipated given the highest type the pugilists had proven main as much as the showpiece.

“Nobody (in the federation) is happy with the Olympic performance. So, as was promised, a review is on and it will be a long drawn process, which will take a couple of months. Nothing is changing till the two world championships are done with,” a prime supply advised PTI.
“Who knows, there could be complete overhaul after that but we will have to wait and watch for two-three months,” he mentioned when requested whether or not the teaching employees is about for a revamp.
The males’s world championship will likely be held in Serbia from October 26, whereas the ladies’s competitors is scheduled for December.

The Boxing Federation of India has granted three months’ extension to Nieva and Bergamasco to make sure continuity for the 2 massive occasions, the place the nationwide champions will signify the nation. Their contracts have been initially meant to finish after the Tokyo Games.
The males’s Nationals begin on Wednesday in Bellary, Karnataka whereas the ladies’s occasion is about for mid-October.
The developments are in step with BFI President Ajay Singh’s assertions through the Games when he had dominated out any knee-jerk response however promised a evaluate nonetheless.
None of the male boxers might make the medal rounds with Satish Kumar (+91kg) being the one one to enter the quarterfinals in Tokyo, incomes plaudits for preventing his last-eight bout with 13 stitches on his face.
“A lot will depend on the world championships, let’s see how they go,” the supply mentioned.
However, the BFI has began assembly some potential candidates and one standout identify to have gotten an viewers with Singh is Cuba’s B I Fernandez, who coached the boys’s crew for over a decade and have become the primary overseas recipient of the Dronacharya award in 2012.
Fernandez, together with the now-retired Gurbaax Singh Sandhu, have been on the helm of males’s boxing when India gained its maiden Olympic medal within the sport in 2008.
“I have had discussions with the BFI for the women’s team role and they have asked me to submit my action plan. I will do that in the next couple of weeks,” the 66-year-old, who coaches at Mohali’s Punjab Sports University, advised PTI.
The BFI supply confirmed the event.
“He was brought here by a couple of our boxers and he has been asked to present his vision but this is all a part of the review that is going on. It will take a while for anything to materialise,” he mentioned.
Both Nieva, hailing from Sweden, and Bergamasco, who’s an Italian, have expressed their want to proceed up to now but additionally acknowledged the stress they’re underneath.
The 47-year-old Nieva is a member of the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) coaches committee and vice chairman of the Asian Boxing Confederation’s (ASBC) coaches committee.
Kuttappa, who has been part of the nationwide camp for lengthy, took over as males’s head coach in 2018, whereas Ali Qamar got here on board a 12 months later.
The BFI president had backed the boxers in addition to the teaching employees in Tokyo, saying that he wouldn’t overlook the unparalleled outcomes of the previous 4 years which included two medals for the primary time on the males’s World Championships and never-seen-before hauls within the Asian and Commonwealth Games.