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'''Jagdish Singh''' is an Indian boxer and a boxing coach from [[Bhiwani district]] of the Indian state of [[Haryana]]. He founded the [[Bhiwani Boxing Club]] (BBC) in 2003, which produced four members of the five member boxing team in [[Beijing Olympics 2008]], including the bronze medal winner, [[Vijender Singh]].<ref name=tri/><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Boxers-ready-to-punch-above-their-weight/342966/ Boxers ready to punch above their weight] ''[[Indian Express]]'', 31 July 2008.</ref> His five students received [[Arjun Award]]. Such as [[Akhil Kumar]] 2005, [[Vijender Singh]] 2006, [[Dinesh Kumar (boxer)|Dinesh Kumar]] 2010, [[Vikas Krishan Yadav]] 2012, [[Kavita Chahal]] 2013.

The credit for turning [[Bhiwani]] into an elite boxing center largely goes to an intrepid [[Sports Authority of India]] coach Jagdish Singh, who has been at the center since 1996.<ref name=tri>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080830/saturday/main3.htm BBC: Cradle of champions] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 30 August 2007.</ref> He was awarded India's highest honour for sports coaching, the 2007 [[Dronacharya Award]].<ref>[http://www.indiaabroad.com/sports/2008/aug/29awards.htm Jagdish Singh (boxing)] ''[[Rediff.com]]'', 29 August 2008.</ref>
His 12 students won medals in world championships including 5 gold, 1 silver, and 6 bronze medals in various age groups.

==Career==
A former national boxer, Jagdish has ''produced boxers like a factory'', in a country of cricket crazy people. He is known for his unconventional training methods. Due to his no-compromise attitude, politics in committee kept him away from [[Beijing]] and from his quartet (Akhil, Jeetendar, Dinesh and Vijender). More than 1000 have graduated from his academy and have won nearly 259 medals at international arena and 410 national medals ranging in different competitions from world championship to Olympics. Currently there are 135 odd being trained. Boxers are encouraged to fight without chin guards, thus making them tough and skillful. Mittal Champions trust is also funding the boxers at his center for sometime now.

In 2003, Singh established the 'Bhiwani Boxing Club' withdrawing his provident fund, mortgaging his home and land to obtain loan of 4 lakhs from Gramin bank. BBC has a 25-metre track, a multi-utility gym, three punching bags and a mobile boxing ring.<ref>[http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Born_out_of_nowhere/articleshow/3378483.cms Born out of nowhere] ''[[Times of India]]'', 19 August 2008.</ref>

In the 2004 [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympics]], three out of the four qualifiers were from Bhiwani. Due to its record of producing competent boxers, Bhiwani is now being called the 'Cuba of India',<ref>[http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=1&task=view&id=11168&sectionid=41&issueid=62&page=archieve The boys from Bhiwani] Ramesh Vinayak, ''[[India Today]]'', 10 July 2008.</ref> with more than 10 per cent of the children in the district trying their hand at boxing. Singh received the 2007 Dronacharya Award (highest award conferred on coaches in India) from the Government of India on 29 August 2008. He had threatened not to accept this if none of his quartet went on to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics.

==Olympics 2008==
Out of the five Indian boxers in [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], four have come out of his BBC academy. His wards include the three Indian boxers who have qualified for the quarterfinals at Beijing, viz., [[Akhil Kumar]], [[Jitender Kumar (Flyweight)|Jitender Kumar]] and lastly [[Vijender Singh]], who eventually won a bronze medal at Beijing Olympics, India's first Boxing medal in the [[Olympic Games]].<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008072551581700.htm&date=2008/07/25/&prd=th& Vijender may spring a surprise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703053510/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008072551581700.htm&date=2008%2F07%2F25%2F&prd=th& |date=3 July 2009 }}''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://specials.rediff.com/sports/2008/sep/17slide1.htm Boxing is my only love: Vijender] ''[[Rediff.com]]'', 17 September 2008.</ref><ref>[http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35103120080820 Vijender Kumar secures India's first boxing medal] ''[[Reuters]]'', 21 August 2008.</ref>

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