Shiva Thapa wins Silver at Asian Elite Boxing Championship

Shiva Thapa wins Silver at Asian Elite Boxing Championship. Thapa loses to Abdullaev Ruslan of Uzbekistan in the men's 63.5kg final.

Asian Boxing Championships: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulates boxers Shiva Thappa and Lovlina Borgohain

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday congratulated boxers Shiva Thappa and Lovlina Borgohain for bringing laurels to the state as they clinched medals at the Asian Boxing Championships held in Dubai on Monday. Taking to Twitter, Sarma lauded pugilist Shiva Thapa for winning silver at the Championships. “Punch of pride! Heartiest congratulations to […]

Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal storm into finals of Asian Boxing Championship

Defending champion Amit Panghal (52kg) and Shiva Thapa (64kg), along with one another Indian, stormed into the Asian Boxing Championship Olympic-bound Panghal out-punched familiar foe Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan 5-0. Thapa, the first Indian male boxer in the tournament history to secure five medals, dominated top-seeded defending champion Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan to make the […]

Assam boxers Shiva, Jamuna & Manipur’s Mary Kom, Sarita win gold medals in 2nd Open India Boxing Tournament

Four boxers from the Northeast have brought laurels to the region by winning gold medals in the 2nd Open India Boxing Tournament held at Guwahati on Friday. Assam’s Shiva Thapa and Jamuna Boro, Manipur’s MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi won the finals in the tournament. The six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) clinched gold […]