Mr. Ajay Singh is the new President in India while Mr. Jay Kowli elected as Secretary General

The India Boxing Federation elected new President and Board members in Mumbai which was a new step in the country to find the way back to their successes. The new era in India’s boxing life begins after these important elections in the country where the number of the registered boxers are more than 50,000.
Mr. Ajay Singh of Uttarakhand became the new President winning the elections by large margin of difference receiving 49 votes in Mumbai. The 51-year-old Mr. Singh is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Spicejet Airlines and defeated his main rival Mr. Rohit Jain of Delhi in the elections which had observers from AIBA and the Sports Ministry. The International Boxing Association was represented by their Vice-President Mr. Edgar Tanner of Australia in the elections.
Mr. Jay Kowli has been working for India’s boxing life since many years ago and now he came back to the federation as Secretary General. Maharashtra’s Jay Kowli was elected as Secretary General after gathering 48 votes against the 12 by his nearest rival Lenny D’Gama who lives in Goa.
India had three qualified boxers in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but Shiva Thapa, Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan Yadav failed to get any medals in Brazil. India has got great future potential in boxing, the level of their coaches, R&Js, junior and youth boxers are also world class therefore the new management of the country are expecting top results in the upcoming AIBA and ASBC championships.
Their woman boxing was successful in the last edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Indian youth team is excellent and the boxers are waiting for their appearance in the upcoming AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which to be scheduled in St. Petersburg, Russia next month.
India will have the great possibility in our sport to take medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which is also an excellent opportunity for all Asian countries.