Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 9: India will host the women’s world boxing championships in New Delhi in 2023, two years after losing the opportunity to host the men’s competition for failing to pay the required fee to the international governing organisation.
The world championship for men has never been hosted in India, however the elite women’s competition will be held there for the third time after been held in New Delhi in 2006 and 2018.
“We have got the hosting rights of women’s world championship and are looking to host the event around the end of March and first week of April,” said Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Secretary General Hemanta Kalita.
Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), is in the nation for the first time; during his stay, the dates for the major event will be decided.
“The dates of the event are yet to be finalised. We will sit down with the IBA president and reach an agreement during his trip,” he added.
The tournament is likely to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The fact that India will be hosting the event is a significant development because the International Boxing Association, formerly known as (AIBA), terminated its contract with BFI after Serbia won the right to host the event in 2021 after Serbia failed to pay the host fee.
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Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the flyweight division at the most recent women’s competition in Turkey, giving India a total of three medals.
The prize money for the men’s world championship, which will be held in Tashkent in May of next year, will increase by two times over the last competition, according to a recent announcement by Kremlev.
