Proffile of our boxers
Boxing Men’s 51 kg Flyweight: Jitender Kumar
Jitender Kumar, who won the bronze medal at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, booked his Beijing berth by winning third place play-off at the Asian Boxing Qualifiers in Kazakhstan. The 20-year old flyweight boxer is the junior most among the other qualifiers. Jitender is both swift of foot and quick-witted when it comes to his boxing skills.
Career Haul
CWG Bronze, Melbourne, 2006
Kings Cup Bronze, Thailand, 2007
Asian Championships Bronze, Mongolia, 2007
Senior National Gold, Delhi, 2007
National Games Gold, Guwahati, 2008
Asian Boxing Bronze Qualifiers Bronze, 2008
Men’s 54 kg Bantamweight: Akhil Kumar
Akhil Kumar, the 2006 Commonwealth Games gold winner and India's best medal bet at the Beijing Games, qualified for Olympics after upsetting Olympic silver medallist Worapoj Pitchkoom at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bangkok. The 27-year old pugilist was declared the 'Best boxer in Asia' in the qualifying event. Akhil made a stunning comeback after a career-threatening wrist injury that kept him out of the ring for more than six months in 2007. Akhil will be eager to give his best shot this time after making a first round exit in 2004 Athens Olympics.
Top three competitors:
1. Guillermo Ortiz (Cuba)
2. Ali Aliyev (Russia)
3. Joan Tipon (Phillipines)
Men’s 57 kg Featherweight: Anthresh Lalit Lakra
Anthresh Lakra became the first Indian pugilist to qualify for Beijing Olympics after defeating European silver medalist Shahin Imranov at the 2007 World Boxing Championships in United States. The Commonwealth champion Services boxer beat Azerbaijan's Imranov 15-9 in the pre-quarters of featherweight category at the University of Chicago's UIC Pavilion to make the Beijing cut.
Lakra's factfile Name: Anthresh Lalit Lakra
Age: 26 yrs
Category: Featherweight
State: Jharkhand
Career Highs:
Gold in National Games, Hyderabad-2002
Silver in Afro-Asian Games, 2003
Gold in Commonwealth Championships, Glasgow, 2005
Silver in SAAF, Colombo, 2006
Qualified for Olympics in Championships, Chicago, 2007
Gold in National Games, Guwahati-2007
Bronze in Chemistry Cup, Germany, 2008
Men’s 75 kg Middleweight: Vijender Singh
Doha Asiad bronze medallist Vijender Singh booked his Beijing berth in style after keeping a clean slate at the Asian Boxing Qualifiers in Kazakhstan. He made it to the Olympics after beating Iran's Amiri Homayon in the semi-finals. Vijender is all geared up for the quadrennial event as he recently stunned Olympic gold medallist Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals of the AIBA President's Cup boxing tournament. Vijender's victory against Artayev is all the more sweet revenge as he had lost a very close encounter against him at the Doha Asian Games. He would certainly like to make a mark in his second Olympics as he lost early to Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey in 2004 Athens Olympics.
Top three competitors:
1. Matvey Korobov (Russia)
2. Elshod Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
3. Bakhtyar Artayev (Kazakhstan)
Men’s 81 kg Light Heavyweight: Dinesh Kumar
Dinesh Kumar will make his Olympic debut after booking his Beijing berth in the light-heavyweight category. He earned his Olympic ticket in the Asian Boxing Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan. Dinesh had a tough time during his Olympic qualifying campaign as he lost to Zhang Xiaoping in his opening bout, but he bounced back to post two convincing victories in the next rounds to qualify even though he lost the tournament's final to Mehdi Ghorbani.
Top three competitors:
1. Evgeniy Makarenko (Russia)
2. Artur Beterbiev (Russia)
3. Dzhakhon Kurbanov (Tajikstan)
About Boxing:
Two participants of identical weight category fight against each other using their fists in this sporting discipline. It was the Greeks who first introduced the rules in this sport. Boxing has been a part of Olympics since its induction in 1904 Games except the Stockholm Games in 1912. The boxing competition involves a set round of bouts for each individual weight category. The categories have been changed quite a few times during this period. Weights were measured in pounds till 1936 but from 1948 onwards they were measured in kilograms. Format: The pugilist can attain victory in this sporting event by knocking down his opponent during the play with a condition that the player wouldn't be able to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds. If there will be no result of the fight before set number of rounds, a winner is determined either by judges' scorecards or by the referee's decision. There is also a case where bout will be awarded to either of the opponent by the referee if the player is found to be injured to continue.
Game instrument:
This combatting sport has lot of punching and hard-hitting involved in it so there will be lot of precautions to be taken to prevent body blows, which can further damage different parts of human body. Pugilists need wrist wraps and boxing gloves including two basic types of punching bags to practice and hone their boxing skills. Most importantly a headgear is used by all the professionals to keep themselves away from cuts, scrapes, and swelling during the bout.
!....and also in a 4x200 freestyle relay 
