Sikh Boxing Warriors

[JamesPhilips]

This programme is on live today Sunday 1st September 9.55 am (sorry for late notice, just saw it.)

It’s also available on i player of course, here’s the link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yt4d

Given Sikhs were a warrior class there are few Sikh boxers. There are a couple in the UK, Inder Bassi, Jordan Flynn I think. Another one whose name escapes me…. Can anyone add more names?

[SeanBrennan]

enjoyed watching Inder Bassi fight for English title very recently, he lost but was very good and had massive heart.

[SeanBrennan]

and thanks for sharing, going to give this a listen.

[My T Sharp]

Harry Dhami is the one I think of (now retired)

[ordsalloriginator]

hardly 'warriors' in boxing when every single Sikh boxer all around the world that has ever laced up the gloves has been terrible and failed to get to any decent level

[ordsalloriginator]

enjoyed watching Inder Bassi fight for English title very recently, he lost but was very good and had massive heart.

Jesus christ how low are your standards to claim someone is 'very good' when they can't even get to english title level

Here in reality he's a very poor, area level feather fisted fighter. Just a limited, forgettable, small hall fighter with heart. Absolute nothing 'very good' about him in any way.

[keithmoonhangover]

hardly 'warriors' in boxing when every single Sikh boxer all around the world that has ever laced up the gloves has been terrible and failed to get to any decent level

Everyone who gets hit in the head in a boxing ring is a warrior in my book.

[johnty1888]

There was a Sikh boxer in the 1990s called Ram Singh.
He would fight anyone, usually loosing.

[handsofstone]

enjoyed watching Inder Bassi fight for English title very recently, he lost but was very good and had massive heart.

Jesus christ how low are your standards to claim someone is 'very good' when they can't even get to english title level

Here in reality he's a very poor, area level feather fisted fighter. Just a limited, forgettable, small hall fighter with heart. Absolute nothing 'very good' about him in any way.

You do realize someone can be very good in a fight regardless of their level??

Same way as excellent fighters can be sh1t in a fight

[Bling]

Pardeep Singh Nagra was an outstanding amateur and a trailblazer for Canadian boxing. His story is worth googling. We needed him. I hope he becomes a federal politician someday.

[JamesPhilips]

hardly 'warriors' in boxing when every single Sikh boxer all around the world that has ever laced up the gloves has been terrible and failed to get to any decent level

LMAO A bit harsh but made me laugh

To be fair there don’t seem to be any good quality Sikh boxers but I’m sure one will come along.

[SeanBrennan]

enjoyed watching Inder Bassi fight for English title very recently, he lost but was very good and had massive heart.

Jesus christ how low are your standards to claim someone is 'very good' when they can't even get to english title level

Here in reality he's a very poor, area level feather fisted fighter. Just a limited, forgettable, small hall fighter with heart. Absolute nothing 'very good' about him in any way.

you're a cheery chap.

[SeanBrennan]

Pardeep Singh Nagra was an outstanding amateur and a trailblazer for Canadian boxing. His story is worth googling. We needed him. I hope he becomes a federal politician someday.

thanks Bling, just Googled it, what a man, boxer, police officer and educator. Credit to him for achieving reforms in boxing too.

[SeanBrennan]

enjoyed watching Inder Bassi fight for English title very recently, he lost but was very good and had massive heart.

Jesus christ how low are your standards to claim someone is 'very good' when they can't even get to english title level

Here in reality he's a very poor, area level feather fisted fighter. Just a limited, forgettable, small hall fighter with heart. Absolute nothing 'very good' about him in any way.

You do realize someone can be very good in a fight regardless of their level??

Same way as excellent fighters can be sh1t in a fight

Could not agree more. The poster has 20 posts and is seemingly using them to spew bile about people with more heart than him.

[dookus]

hardly 'warriors' in boxing when every single Sikh boxer all around the world that has ever laced up the gloves has been terrible and failed to get to any decent level

Everyone who gets hit in the head in a boxing ring is a warrior in my book.

[SeanBrennan]

There was a Sikh boxer in the 1990s called Ram Singh.
He would fight anyone, usually loosing.

tough man https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/14426 55 pro fights, fought Matthew Macklin, Colin Lynes, Matthew Hatton, 7 year career and fought all over England and Scotland. Proper Sikh warrior.

[THEBUTCH]

Harry Dhami was a Southern Area & British champion.

Dhami successfully defended the Southern Area belt four times and the British title twice.

I think he was also the first boxer of Asian heritage to win a British title.

That's not a bad list of achievements !

[margaret thatcher]

this was the highest rated active sikh boxer i could find https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/825992 , born in india based in canada

india has decent amateur program, there are probably some who've achieved well in the ams but slim pickings in the pros

[mickey1975]

Indian women are excellent amateurs.

[Counter-puncher]

Pardeep Singh Nagra was an outstanding amateur and a trailblazer for Canadian boxing. His story is worth googling. We needed him. I hope he becomes a federal politician someday.

[SeanBrennan]

Jesus christ how low are your standards to claim someone is 'very good' when they can't even get to english title level

Here in reality he's a very poor, area level feather fisted fighter. Just a limited, forgettable, small hall fighter with heart. Absolute nothing 'very good' about him in any way.

you're a cheery chap.

They pop up on here these wankers, usually after trying to go to the boxing club and getting hit a couple of times and giving up.

sounds about right mate. It's the level of bitterness that always makes me chuckle, going out of their way to criticise someone with malice. No time for that.

[SeanBrennan]

They pop up on here these wankers, usually after trying to go to the boxing club and getting hit a couple of times and giving up.

sounds about right mate. It's the level of bitterness that always makes me chuckle, going out of their way to criticise someone with malice. No time for that.

I’ve been on and off here for a long time, I’ve seen loads of them come and go. There’s defo something more behind their bile spitting.

deffo.

[black panther]

Good posts Mummery

Trolls can eff off typical new age internet w@nkers: no respect. To even be a "low level" pro makes you a warrior and takes tremendous dedication etc

Some Sikh boxers that come toml mind:
Akash Bhatia was decent he was Southern Area champ. Vijender Singh had an excellent amateur record but I think he left it too late to turn over.

[THEBUTCH]

Akash Bhatia was a solid amateur. I used to really enjoy watching him in the London SE division.

[margaret thatcher]

as far as vj singh goes, i remember him looking really good in the ams around 2007-2008. really quick and sharp. by the time he turned pro he already morphed into a dad body and was half as fast and mobile as he used to be. took me a while to realize it was the same guy id been impressed with in beijing

he was 29 i think when he debuted. old for a debut but still not really that old overall, im surprised he had already degraded so much from what i had seen previously. if you only knew about his pro fights you woulda never guessed olympic bronze, commonwealth champ, 3x olympian, etc