Saweety Boora

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Boxer Saweety Boora reveals wanting to quit sport after missing out on Olympic quota

The 2014 World Championships silver medallist left the national camp as she felt that there was no point in continuing once she missed the Tokyo bus.

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: MC Mary Kom through to quarter-finals with hard-fought win, Saweety Boora eliminated

The 36-year-old Mary Kom triumphed 5-0 against Thailand's Jutamas Jitpong, a spunky boxer who kept the veteran on her toes with an aggressive approach but just didn't connect enough

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: India's Manju Rani sets up quarter-final clash against top seed Kim Hyang Mi with dominant 5-0 win

Clean punches were few and far between in Rani's clash against Venezuela's Rojas Tayonis Cedeno but the Indian was the one fetching most of them

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: Sarita Devi bows out with loss to Natalia Shadrina, India endure winless day

Former champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) was on Sunday knocked out of the World Women's Boxing Championships after being upstaged by Russia's Natalia Shadrina in the round of 32.

Women's World Boxing Championships 2019: Saweety Boora advances to pre quarter-final with easy win; Neeraj Phogat ousted in first round

Boora's win was a convincing one in which she was showed herself to be the better boxer with more accurate punches

Women's World Boxing Championships: Eight Indian boxers reach quarter-finals amidst judging controversy

A judging controversy couldn't stop the Indian juggernaut from rolling with as many as eight pugilists reaching the quarter-finals in the ongoing AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships on Monday.

Women's World Boxing Championships: India coach Shiv Singh questions referee's decision against Sarita Devi, Saweety Boora

Indian boxing coach Shiv Singh on Monday questioned the referee's decision to award standing counts against his wards, Sarita Devi and Saweety Boora, in the ongoing World Championships

Women's World Boxing Championships: Saweety Boora's journey from training in ploughed fields to boxing for India

Saweety Boora talks to Firstpost about her journey from having to train in ploughed fields in Haryana to representing India at the Women's Boxing World Championships

India Open boxing: Good day for host nation as Shiva Thapa, MC Mary Kom enter semis

MC Mary Kom and Shiva Thapa were among the prominent names assured of medals as host nation continued to dominate the ring in the $100,000 India Open boxing tournament.

MC Mary Kom, L Sarita Devi included in Indian squad for Asian Women's Boxing Championships

The celebrated MC Mary Kom was back in her preferred 48kg category as she staved off the challenge from younger competitors to clinch a place in the Indian team for Asian Women's Boxing Championship in Vietnam.