New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): With three weeks to go for the much-awaited IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, the preparations for the match are in full movement because the President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Ajay Singh visited the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi on Thursday to examine the venue preparedness.
The president together with the purposeful heads of the native organising committee (LOC) and the stadium officers inspected all the venue, as per a press launch from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
“We hosted a World Championships here in 2018 and believe the upcoming tournament will be even bigger. We are trying to ensure that every spectator is happy and the players are comfortable during the tournament and go back from our country thinking about the wonderful work we have done here. India is one of the leading nations in boxing and we will show it during the upcoming competition,” stated the BFI president.
“Hon’ble President of BFI Mr. @AjaySingh_SG at the venue to foresee the preparations for the IBAWWC2023 @debojo_m 20daystogo Boxing@IBA_Boxing,” tweeted BFI.
A complete of 350 plus boxers, together with seven Olympic medalists, from 74 international locations have registered to this point for this biennial occasion, which will likely be held from March 15 to 26.
Top feminine boxers, together with 2016 Rio Olympics Gold medalist Estelle Mossely and 2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist Nesthy Petecio, are among the many seven Olympic medalists who will take part within the upcoming International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships.
On the chance for them to host the World Boxing Championships, BFI President Ajay Singh stated: “It is an honour for India and the BFI to host the prestigious IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. We are hosting it for the third time but this time the tournament will touch an unprecedented high mark. We have already received registration from 74 countries so far, bigger than any previous editions. The BFI is all set to conduct an event of such magnitude and we are certain that the world will witness the best-ever congregation of boxers.”Three Tokyo Olympics silver medallists are additionally collaborating within the upcoming Championships and can look to provide fireworks within the ring because the boxing followers assemble within the Capital.
Nesthy Petecio gained a silver medal within the Tokyo Olympics and he or she grew to become the first-ever boxer from the Philippines to win a medal on the Olympics. The 2019 World Champion will compete within the Featherweight (57kg) class. Beatriz Iasmin Ferreira (60kg) of Brazil and Qian Li (75kg) of China had been silver medalists within the Tokyo Olympics.
Japanese Tsukimi Namiki and Colombian Ingrit Lorena Valencia within the Flyweight (51kg) class too will likely be keen to take care of their efficiency on the World Boxing Championships.
Irma Testa, a bronze medal winner on the Tokyo Olympics, can be a powerful medal contender within the Featherweight (57kg) class. The Italian boxer has loads of expertise coming into the World meet. (ANI)