India is all set to return as a host for women’s World Boxing Championship in 2023. After being stripped of the hosting rights for men’s event for not paying the requisite fee to the global governing body, India will host the women’s world boxing championship. Although India has never hosted men’s championship, yet it is the third time that the country will be conducting women’s competition. Previously the events were hosted in 2006 and 2018.
“We have got the hosting rights of women’s world championship and are looking to host the event around the end of March and first week of April,” Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Secretary General Hemanta Kalita said.
The announcement was made on Wednesday at a press conference in New Delhi where the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the International Boxing Association (IBA) and the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) in the presence of IBA President Umar Kremlev and BFI President Ajay Singh.
“This is my first visit and it is been fantastic so far. India is very passionate about boxing and conducting the World Championship here will be the perfect opportunity to celebrate the innumerable victories as well as inspire many more women to take up the sport and popularise the game more than ever. BFI has worked effortlessly to develop boxing in India and the region and I’m sure they will stage an event to remember,” said IBA President Umar Kremlev in an official statement released by BFI.
BFI President Ajay Singh said, “We also welcome IBA President Mr Umar Kremlev to India. In a short span of time, he has been able to bring in a new level of dynamism to the sport. IBA and BFI share the same goals of taking boxing to the next level and we are really looking forward to working together,”