In one more milestone second for boxing, India has been named because the host nation for the 2023 IBA Ladies’s World Boxing Championship.
The announcement was made on Wednesday at a press convention in New Delhi the place the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA) and the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) within the presence of IBA President Umar Kremlev and BFI President Ajay Singh. Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen was additionally current on the event.
Curiously, it’s President Kremlev’s maiden go to to India. Ever since taking up the workplace in 2020, Kremlev has been taking part in an important function in creating the game throughout the globe.
“That is my first go to and it’s been improbable thus far. India may be very captivated with boxing and conducting the World Championship right here would be the excellent alternative to have fun the innumerable victories in addition to encourage many extra girls to take up the game and popularise the sport greater than ever. BFI has labored effortlessly to develop boxing in India and the area and I’m certain they are going to stage an occasion to recollect,” mentioned IBA President Umar Kremlev.
BFI & IBA will likely be working to introduce a historic bout evaluation system on the Championships. The occasion will see a complete prize pool of roughly INR 19.50 crore ($2.4 million) and the gold medallists will likely be awarded with roughly INR 81 lakh ($100,000).
Boxing in India has grown by leaps and bounds lately. India has been frequently ending amongst the highest 5 international locations within the current international and multi-event competitions just like the World Championships, Asian Video games and Commonwealth Video games. The chance to host the upcoming World Championships can be a testomony of the efforts put by the BFI in creating the game within the nation and the place it holds on the international stage.
“We’re delighted that New Delhi has been named because the host for the World Championships 2023. Internet hosting three main championships in a span of seven years showcases India’s capacity to construct infrastructure and capabilities. That is additionally a mirrored image of the belief and significance of India on the earth of boxing. A match of this stature additionally helps empower girls in India giving them the idea to take up sport too,” mentioned BFI President Ajay Singh.
“We additionally welcome IBA President Mr Umar Kremlev to India. In a brief span of time, he has been in a position to herald a brand new stage of dynamism to the game. IBA and BFI share the identical targets of taking boxing to the following stage and we’re actually wanting ahead to work collectively.”
Will probably be the third Ladies’s World Championships to be performed in India and the second inside a span of six years. For the reason that inception of the Championships in 2001, the celebrated biennial occasion befell twice in India – in 2006 and 2018, each occasions in New Delhi. India additionally hosted the Ladies’s Youth World Championships in 2017.
“I’m tremendous excited and actually wanting ahead to taking part in in entrance of the house crowds. Internet hosting an occasion of this stature is massively prestigious and at all times evokes hundreds of thousands of younger women to take up the game. The countdown has already begun and I’m wanting ahead to defending my title right here in New Delhi,” the reigning World Champion Zareen expressed her pleasure.
With Zareen ending on high of the rostrum within the final version earlier this 12 months in Turkey, Indian girls have clinched 39 medals, together with 10 golds, within the 12 championships performed thus far.
When the nation hosted the match final time in 2018 in New Delhi, Indian girls claimed 4 medals.