Women's World Boxing Championships 2023: LIVE Streaming, When and Where to Watch, Schedule

The Women World Boxing Championship 2023 will be held in Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi from March 15–26. The semiannual international competition will have 12 weight categories and more than 350 competitors from more than 70 countries. Nikhat Zareen, the world champion from India, will be the center of attention throughout the international competition. She will compete in the 50 kg weight division.

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has named Mahindra as the title sponsor of this competition, whereas MC Mary Kom and Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar have been named as brand ambassadors. This is the third time that India will host. BFI’s goal is to promote female boxing by involving famous names like Mary Kom and Farhan.

Seven countries have decided to boycott and not to participate in the upcoming event after the IBA, headed by Umar Kremlev, allowed Russian and Belarusian boxer to compete under one national flag. The countries boycotting the New Delhi event are Ukraine, US, UK, Canada, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Norway.

The Women World Boxing Championship 2023 will also not be considered as qualification for the Paris Olympics 2024, which was also declared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Whereas IBA has declared it as the main qualification event. There was a conflict point between IOC and IBA. The IOC suspended IBA in 2019 due to financial and governance issues. As a result, IBA was not involved in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic. The IOC has also announced that it will separately host qualifying events for the 2024 Summer Games.

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Indian Squad

India have set a strong team of 12 boxers for Women World Boxing Championship 2023, which includes 2020 Tokyo Bronze medalist, Lovlina (75 kg). She has two World Championships bronze medals and will join seven other Olympic medalist boxers in the upcoming championship. Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Nitu Ghanghas will also compete in the 48 kg category. She will look to add one more medal to her name.

Squad: Nitu Ghanghas (48 kg), Nikhat Zareen (50 kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (52 kg), Preeti (54kg), Manisha Moun (57 kg), Jaismine Lamboria (60 kg), Shashi Chopra (63 kg), Manju Bamboria (66 kg), Sanamcha Chanu (70 kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75 kg), Saweety Boora (81 kg) and Nupur Sheoran (81+kg)

LIVE Streaming Details

The Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023 will be livestreamed on Doordarshan TV and Doordarshan’s YouTube channel from 16 March onwards. Moreover, the broadcast of the matches from quarterfinal will be on Sony network channels and the Sony Liv app.

Prize Money

The total Prize money for the pool is Rs 20 crore. Rs 10 crore for the gold medalist. Boxers who will be runners-up and those who will claim bronze medal will get Rs 5 crore.

Schedule Details

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