: Change of guard, grit and battling coronavirus fears: Behind Indian boxersâ€™ Olympic quota spree #IndiaNEWS As things stand, India will be sending their biggest boxing contingent to an Olympic event

Change of guard, grit and battling coronavirus fears: Behind Indian boxersâ€™ Olympic quota spree #IndiaNEWS
As things stand, India will be sending their biggest boxing contingent to an Olympic event with nine having booked their places for Tokyo, going past London 2012â€™s tally of eight. They did so in thrilling fashion in Amman, Jordan last week. One of the high-profile male boxers, Manish Kaushik, had a box-off against Australiaâ€™s Harrison Garside of Australia in the 63kg final. Kaushik had already lost to the nimble-footed Aussie in the 2018 Commonwealth Games final. To make matters worse for Manish and the Indian camp, he suffered a injury at the end of the first round. As the coaches were talking to him in the ring corner during the break, the 24-year-old revealed that he was struggling to even lift his arm, leave alone fight a gruelling battle for the next six minutes. Having established himself as one of the fastest-rising boxers in the circuit and bagged his first World Championship medal, an Olympic event without Manish would have dented Indiaâ€™s prospects even before the start of the event. But, Manish passed the test in flying colours. He not only did a fine job dousing the fires, but summoned immense might and courage to keep Garside on his toes with his attacks.â€œHe couldnâ€™t raise his arm...Read more

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