Every individual may not like watching a boxing match as this sport often becomes violent. But if an individual understands the game; it can be nail-biting and thrilling for him. This year too, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing championship is expected to be thrilling and exciting.
If you are looking forward to this event, grab your tickets if you haven’t as yet. It may be mentioned here that although tickets will be available throughout the event and most of the tickets have already been sold online, you will get a ticket depending on the availability.
2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing- Dates
The boxing event will take place on 13th October 2010 and again between 5th October 2010 and 11th October 2010.
2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing- Venues
Boxing matches will be held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium. This sporting complex has a capacity to accommodate 3035 spectators. There are 4 warm up arenas and one competition arena.
The Talkatora Indoor Stadium is at a distance of 11 km from the Commonwealth Games Village. If you are planning to visit this stadium, you can avail the Delhi Metro, the nearest metro station being Rama Krishna Ashram Marg at Patel Chowk.
2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing- Training Venue
There are 4 rings at Delhi University. So, these rings have been selected as the warm up or the training arenas.
2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing- Facts
Boxing is a game in which 2 individuals having the same weight take on each other. Although this game may lead to injuries, there are certain rules that need to be followed. Each round is played at intervals of 3 minutes. This is done to relieve the players of the stress and to give some rest to the players.
However, it is a very harmless game if it is played according to the rules. Players who try to hurt the opponents are usually given warning. And sometimes they are disqualified too. Boxing was included in the Commonwealth Games way back in 1930. Boxing is essentially a men-centric game and 2010 Commonwealth Games, boxing is going to be an all men show.
There are 10 gold medals, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals to be won at this event. So, watch out whether your favorite player is able to win the hearts of the people and the judges and win the medals that are beckoning players who play a fair game.
2010 Commonwealth Games, Boxing- Categories
Boxing will be played in different categories. The categories and the corresponding weights are mentioned below –
* Light Welterweight – 64 kg
* Welterweight – 69 kg
* Light Flyweight – 46 to 49 kg
* Middleweight – 75 kg
* Super heavyweight – 91 plus kg
* Bantamweight – 56 kg
* Heavyweight – 91 kg
* Lightweight – 60 kg
* Flyweight – 52 kg
* Light heavyweight – 81 kg
In addition to watching the boxing competition, don’t forget to watch the opening and the closing ceremonies. Both these ceremonies are expected to be a great affair, where personalities from the film world, sports world will make their rounds to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue for both these ceremonies. The ceremonial flag parade is also an event to watch.
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The scoring was abysmal. I watched a few of the final's and all they did was annoy me. The Indian guy who won at Heavyweight seemed to get points for just being there wheras the guy he was against landed and didn't score. I thought the same with Agogo against in his Middleweight final no way that fight was as wide as that.
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It's that kind of political scoring crap that is killing amateur boxing. Look at any world championship, the home country always gets at least one gold medal wether they deserved it or not. The new leadership of AIBA claimes they are getting rid of the corrupt officials, yeah right. A blind man can see who is cheating but not AIBA.El Raincoat wrote:The scoring was abysmal. I watched a few of the final's and all they did was annoy me. The Indian guy who won at Heavyweight seemed to get points for just being there wheras the guy he was against landed and didn't score. I thought the same with Agogo against in his Middleweight final no way that fight was as wide as that.