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The '''India women's national boxing team''' represents India in international [[boxing]] competitions. It is administered by the [[Boxing Federation of India]] (BFI) which is the official national governing body for amateur boxing in India.<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |date=29 May 2019 |title=Delhi High Court upholds Boxing Federation of India as only recognised national body for boxing |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/delhi-high-court-upholds-boxing-federation-of-india-as-only-recognised-national-body-for-boxing |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=The Free Press Journal}}</ref> It is a member of [[World Boxing]].<ref>{{cite web |date=31 May 2024 |title=Boxing Federation of India agrees to join World Boxing |url=https://worldboxing.org/boxing-federation-of-india-agrees-to-join-world-boxing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628231423/https://worldboxing.org/boxing-federation-of-india-agrees-to-join-world-boxing |archive-date=28 June 2024 |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=World Boxing |language=en-gb}}</ref> BFI is headquartered in [[Gurugram, Haryana]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office Bearers of BFIBoxing Federation of India |url=https://boxingfederation.in/office-bearers-of-bfi/ |access-date=6 March 2026 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1925, the first governing body for boxing in India, Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing Federation was formed in Mumbai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Venkat |first=Rahul |date=2023-03-31 |title=History of boxing in India: From a staggered start to a global powerhouse |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/indian-boxing-history-olympics-asian-games-commonwealth-games |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref> Mostly due to the efforts of HV Pointon, the President of the Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing Federation (1944–48), Indian Amateur Boxing Federation was founded on 25 February 1949.<ref name=":0" /> Major FG Baker became the first secretary at the inaugural meeting at the Governor's Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. Bombay (Mumbai) became the headquarters of the body. The first national championships were held at the [[Brabourne Stadium]] in Mumbai in March 1950.

Indian Boxing Federation was also known as Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and was suspended by the [[International Amateur Boxing Association]] in 2014,<ref>[http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/boxing/item/200357-after-olympic-shame-now-indian-boxing-body-suspended Indian Boxing Federation suspended by International body, Sports Ministry asks for re-election]</ref> following which BFI was recognised as the official body.<ref name="bfi2">{{Cite web |date=29 May 2019 |title=Delhi High Court upholds Boxing Federation of India as only recognised national body for boxing |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/delhi-high-court-upholds-boxing-federation-of-india-as-only-recognised-national-body-for-boxing |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=The Free Press Journal}}</ref>

== Notable performances ==
[[Mary Kom]] is a six-time [[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Boxing]] champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each of the six world championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnificent Mary |url=http://iseeindia.com/2011/08/13/magnificent-mary/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522021741/http://iseeindia.com/2011/08/13/magnificent-mary/ |archive-date=2012-05-22 |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=I See India}}</ref> She also became the first Indian woman boxer to win a Gold Medal at the [[Asian Games]] during the [[2014 Asian Games]] in [[Incheon]], South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2014 |title=MC Mary Kom delivers first boxing gold at Asian Games 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mc-mary-kom-delivers-first-boxing-gold-at-asian-games-2014/ |access-date=6 March 2026 |website=Indian Express}}</ref> In the [[London Olympics 2012]], where women's boxing was introduced, [[Mary Kom]] won a bronze in the flyweight (51kg) category. In 202o, [[Lovlina Borgohain]] also won an Olympic boxing bronze medal at Tokyo in the welterweight (69kg) category.<ref name=":0" />

== World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 ==
The following women boxers took part in the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida which concluded on 20 November 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2025 |title=World Boxing Cup Finals 2025: Nikhat Zareen, Jaismine Lamboria crowned champions as women lead India’s gold rush on final day |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/world-boxing-cup-finals-2025-indian-medal-winners-list |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref> Indian women won seven gold medals.<ref>https://sports.ndtv.com/boxing/world-boxing-cup-finals-woman-boxers-dazzle-with-7-gold-indian-pugilists-sweep-20-medals-9672543</ref>

# [[Minakshi Hooda]] - gold medal in 48kg
# [[Nikhat Zareen]] - gold medal in 51kg
# [[Preeti Pawar]] - gold medal in 54kg
# [[Jaismine Lamboria]] - gold medal in 57kg
# [[Arundhati Choudhary]] - gold medal in 70kg
# [[Nupur Sheoran]] - gold medal in 80+kg
# [[Parveen Hooda]] - gold medal in 60kg
# [[Pooja Rani]] - silver medal in 80kg
# [[Neeraj Phogat]] - bronze medal in 65kg
# [[Saweety Boora]] - bronze medal in 75kg

== See also ==

* [[Boxing in India]]
* [[Boxing Federation of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Women's national sports teams of India]]
[[Category:Boxing in India]]
[[Category:Women's sport in India]]

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