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India's [[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 one of the six world championships.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Magnificent Mary|url = http://iseeindia.com/2011/08/13/magnificent-mary/|website = I See India|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref> She also became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal at the Asian Games during the [[2014 Asian Games]] at [[Incheon]], South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mc-mary-kom-delivers-first-boxing-gold-at-asian-games-2014/|title=MC Mary Kom delivers first boxing gold at Asian Games 2014|access-date=2015-05-04}}</ref>
India's [[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 one of the six world championships.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Magnificent Mary|url = http://iseeindia.com/2011/08/13/magnificent-mary/|website = I See India|access-date = 2015-05-04}}</ref> She also became the first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal at the Asian Games during the [[2014 Asian Games]] at [[Incheon]], South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mc-mary-kom-delivers-first-boxing-gold-at-asian-games-2014/|title=MC Mary Kom delivers first boxing gold at Asian Games 2014|access-date=2015-05-04}}</ref>


Five Indian boxers, two male and three female, were among the world’s top three in [[International Boxing Association (amateur)|AIBA]] latest world rankings (March 1, 2014) in their respective categories. The rankings were as follows:
==Total medals won by Indian Boxers in Major tournaments==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+March 1, 2014 [[AIBA World Boxing Championships|AIBA]] Rankings<ref>{{Cite news|title = Five Indian boxers in AIBA top three|url = http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/five-indian-boxers-in-aiba-top-three/article5756665.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = March 6, 2014|access-date = 2015-05-04|issn = 0971-751X|first = Nandakumar|last = Marar}}</ref>
! Competition
!Rank
! Gold
!Name
! Silver
!Weight Category
! Bronze
!Country
! Total
|-
 
|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|0
|0
|3
|3
|-
|[[AIBA World Boxing Championships|World Boxing Championships]]
|10
|9
|26
|45
|-
|[[Boxing at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|9
|16
|32
|57
|-
|[[Boxing at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|8
|12
|17
|37
|-
|-
|1
|[[Asian Amateur Boxing Championships|Asian Championships]]
|Birzhan Zharypov
|30
|46–48&nbsp;kg - Men
|46
|Kazakhstan
|68
|144
|-
|-
|2
| Total || '''57''' || '''83''' || '''146''' || '''286'''
|David Ayrapetan
|-
|46–48&nbsp;kg - Men
|}
|Russia
 
== Notable Performance at Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
|'''3'''
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|'''[[Devendro Singh|L Devendro Singh]]'''
|'''46–48&nbsp;kg - Men'''
|'''India'''
|-
|-
|
|rowspan = "2"|[[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
|
|
|
|-
|-
|1
| [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight|Light heavyweight]] || [[Gurcharan Singh (boxer)|Gurcharan Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|Robeisy Ramirez Carranza
|56&nbsp;kg - Men
|Cuba
|-
|-
|2
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|John Michael Conlan
|56&nbsp;kg - Men
|Ireland
|-
|-
|'''3'''
| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]] || '''[[Vijender Singh]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
|'''[[Shiva Thapa]]'''
|'''56&nbsp;kg - Men'''
|'''India'''
|-
|-
|
| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]] || [[Jitender Kumar (boxer, born 1988)|Jitender Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|
|
|
|-
|-
|1
| [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]] || [[Akhil Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|Josie Gabuco
|45–48&nbsp;kg - Women
|Philippines
|-
|-
|'''2'''
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|'''[[Pinki Jangra]]'''
|'''45–48&nbsp;kg - Women'''
|'''India'''
|-
|-
|3
| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight|Women's flyweight]] || '''[[Mary Kom]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
|Shiqi Xu
|45–48&nbsp;kg - Women
|China
|-
|-
|
| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light flyweight|Men's light flyweight]] || [[Devendro Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|
|
|
|-
|-
|1
| [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight|Men's middleweight]] || [[Vijender Singh]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|Cancan Ren
|51&nbsp;kg - Women
|China
|-
|-
|2
|rowspan = "2"|[[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
|Nicola Adams
|51&nbsp;kg - Women
|England
|-
|-
|'''3'''
| [[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight|Men's middleweight]] || [[Vikas Krishan Yadav]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|'''[[Mary Kom|M C Mary Kom]]'''
|'''51&nbsp;kg - Women'''
|'''India'''
|-
|-
|
|rowspan = "4"|[[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
|
|
|
|-
|-
|1
| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's welterweight|Women's welterweight]] || '''[[Lovlina Borgohain]]''' || style="background:#c96;" align=center| {{brca}}
|Yunfei Li
|81+&nbsp;kg - Women
|China
|-
|-
|2
| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight|Women's middleweight]] || [[Pooja Rani]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|Lazzat Kungeibaevya
|81+&nbsp;kg - Women
|Kazakhstan
|-
|-
|'''3'''
| [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's super heavyweight|Men's super heavyweight]] || [[Satish Kumar (boxer)|Satish Kumar]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|'''[[Kavita Chahal]]'''
|'''81+&nbsp;kg - Women'''
|'''India'''
|}
|}
In December, 2014, [[Indian Boxing Federation|Boxing India]] declared its 1st Elite Men's Nationals in Nagpur which were held from January 9 to 15,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/boxing/Mens-Boxing-Nationals-to-be-held-from-January-9/articleshow/45525862.cms | title=Men's Boxing Nationals to be held from January 9 | publisher=Timesofindia}}</ref> where boxers [[Satish Kumar (boxer)|Satish Kumar]], [[Manpreet Singh (boxer)|Manpreet Singh]], [[Sumit Sangwan]], Mrunal Bhosale won medals.<ref>{{cite web|title=1 st Elite Men’s National Boxing Championship|url=http://boxingindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1st-Elite-Mens-National-Boxing-Champrionship-Results.pdf|website=Boxing India|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614174834/http://boxingindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1st-Elite-Mens-National-Boxing-Champrionship-Results.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
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