Boxing is not a joke
Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Vikas Krishan, the second Indian ever to win a World Championship medal after his idol Vijender Singh, is the prototype of the next generation of Indian athletes who are supremely confident and striving for success.
After his 2010 Asian Games (lightweight) gold medal in Guangzhou, where he made his international debut at the senior level, Vikas, 19, managed himself well and overcame several obstacles to not only qualify for the London Olympics, but also claim a welterweight bronze in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.
With his eyes now set on the Olympics, the former World youth gold medal winner wants to prove that Indians too can do well in a power-packed sport like boxing. Vikas, who caught everyone’s attention in Baku with his impressive performance and positive body language, showed what happens when brain and brawn join forces in the ring.
In a chat with Sportstar, the youngster from the Indian boxing nursery, Bhiwani in Haryana, talked about his ambitions and his sport.
Question: When you started boxing did you ever think that you will win a medal in a World Championship some day?
Answer: No, I never thought so. It shows that good practice can give good results. The going has been excellent for me. I have achieved all this at a young age. I cannot think of a better career.
Vikas Krishan impressed one and all with his remarkable performance and positive body language at the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. The bronze medal winner has now set his sights on the London Olympics next year. “I want to show that Indians are not poor in boxing,” he says in a chat with Y. B. Sarangi.
Ticket to London Olympics… Vikas Krishan with the bronze medal he won in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Your next target is Olympics. How have you planned to go about it?
I will discuss this with my coaches. Whatever mistakes (about my boxing) they have noticed, I will rectify them. I have to do more training for the Olympics. The whole world will see how Indian boxers fare there.
You said you have to work on certain areas of your game. What are they?
I have to change my defence. Normally I keep my shell guard up and no matter how hard you hit, it does not make any difference to me. Now, with the change in scoring system, boxers hitting the guard repeatedly get some points. Besides, I have to increase my weight for more strength. So far, I have won because of my technique, now I have to improve my strength.
Being a southpaw, I find other southpaw boxers a little difficult to handle. I have lost a few bouts to such boxers at the international level. I have requested my coach to make available some good southpaw boxers for me to train with.
How did you make adjustments while moving up from the junior level to the senior level?
I have been doing the same kind of training. With age one’s capacity increases. I may be young in age, but as a boxer I have become more mature in the last two years.
Many boxers find it difficult to adjust and settle down after switching to a higher weight category. Recently you went up by two weights (from lightweight to welterweight). How did you make the adjustment?
I told my coach (G. S. Sandhu) that since I am growing up, I cannot control my weight. He was concerned about me, but I said if I am good I can qualify (for the Olympics) in the higher weight category too. I knew if I worked harder, I could become better. I changed to welterweight just two-and-a-half months before the World Championship, and succeeded.
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On a high…Vikas Krishan waves to the spectators after beating Uzbekistan’s Hurshid Tojibaev in a semifinal bout of the men’s 60kg category in the Asian Games in Gunagzhou, China. He went on to win the gold.
You are considered an intelligent boxer. How does intelligence help in your preparation and during the bouts?
I remain physically fit through my practice and remain mentally fit by playing chess and making plans. Every night I think for 10 minutes about how I have spent the day. I was mentally prepared (for the big challenge). Boxers (from around the world) did not know about me as they had not seen me. So, I thought this is the time to beat them. I preserved my energy and peaked once last year and won the Asian Games gold. This year also, I peaked at the right time with the right kind of planning.
You were criticised for being a boxer who kept his shell guard up and made bouts uninteresting. After the change in the scoring system, how did you change your style to become a more attacking boxer?
One has to work as per the requirements of the changing system. I did not change my style much. My style is defence-and-counter (punch). Now, I defend less and counter punch more.
How do you become so competitive in the ring?
I cannot be motivated if I am doing it only for myself. I know if I achieve something, I will make the country proud. That’s what propels me. Being under the National flag is something special.
Do you get scared because of the reputation of your rival?
Yes. If you do not get scared, you cannot save yourself. I always stick to my natural game and leave the rest to God. At the same time, I know that no boxer likes side steps and close guards. I have been successful in my strategy so far.
Why do you raise your hand after landing a punch?
I do it deliberately so that even if any of the judges has any doubt about my punch he will give the point in my favour. Also, sometimes I celebrate a good punch in order to impress the judges and demoralise my opponent.
Many talented sportspersons fail after achieving instant success. How careful are you about this aspect?
Sky is the limit (for me). If I win a gold medal at the Olympics, I will be sad to think that people have achieved even more, like someone who has won five gold medals. Only when I beat him by winning six (gold medals) I will be happy. I want to show that Indians are not poor in boxing.
Will you ever take part in professional boxing?
Yes. There is more fame in professional boxing. Amateur boxing cannot give this. Professional boxing is different. There is nothing like it.
What is your ultimate target in boxing?
There is no ultimate target for me. Targets keep changing. Once you win a World Championship title, you aspire for the Olympics, then for professional boxing… it goes on.
Why do you take boxing so seriously?
Because it can make me famous. I may not be the most handsome man or the most smartly dressed person. But when I wear the head guard and gloves, I consider myself to be the smartest of all. I feel relaxed and think that nobody is better than me in the ring. Boxing, for me, is not a joke. It is my work.
Tell me about how your coaches have shaped your career?
I spent around one-and-a-half years with Jagdish Singh in Bhiwani, and another three-and-a- half years with Rajendra More in the Army Sports Institute (Pune). I have spent some time with Jagdeep Hooda. Then I have worked with G. S. Sandhu at the National camp for around a year. Nobody’s contribution is less. Jagdish Singh knows how to motivate his wards, nobody understands boxing better than More and Hooda is good at training. Sandhu is a good administrator.
How does your family react to your success?
My father always gives me confidence and motivates me. He says I will win no matter who my opponent is. However, my mother tells me to be a little cautious, but she wants me to win at any cost.
What do you want to achieve in life apart from being a renowned boxer?
I am doing my final year in B.A. I want to do MBA. I want to become a knowledgeable person.
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INDIA V/s ITALY
INDIA V/s ITALY at Pune on 11.11.11 !
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India Boxing team Mumbai Fighters Vs Italian Boxing team Milano Thunder at Balewadi Sports Complex at 7 pm onwards on coming Friday . . .
Fighters V/s Stallions . . . who’ll win ?
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We never do this
It was a Sports Stadium. Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in a running event.
* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!
With the sound of Toy pistol, All eight girls started running.
Hardly had they covered ten to fifteen steps, When one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down,
Due to bruises and pain she started crying. When the other seven girls heard the little girl cry they stopped running, stood for a while and turned back. Seeing the girl on the track they all ran to help.
One among them bent down, picked her up and kissed her gently And enquired as to how she was..
They then lifted the fallen girl pacifying her.
Two of them held her firmly while all seven joined hands together and walked together towards the winning post……..
There was pin drop silence at the spectator’s stand. Officials were shocked.
Slow claps multiplied to thousands as the spectators stood up in appreciation.
Many eyes were filled with tears And perhaps even God’s!
YES.!! This happened in Hyderabad [ INDIA ],!
The sport was conducted by National Institute of Mental Health.
All these special girls had come to participate in this event
They were spastic children. Yes, they were Mentally Challenged.
What did they teach the WORLD?
Teamwork?
Humanity?
Equality among all??
Successful people help others who are slow in learning
So that they are not left far behind. This is really a great message… Spread it.!
We never do this because we have brains !!!!
A winner is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!
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Boxing in Mumbai
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Not from Mumbai, says local boxing club Bhanji Mahida’s first dreams of glory were not related to boxing at all. “I was in a karate club but I left after a fight with members there. My uncle was into boxing and urged me to join. It was an exciting time for us in the ’80s. There were boxing matches nearly every week and greats like Manoj Pingle and Aspi Adajania ruled the scene. You were respected in the streets and when boxing clubs used to practice, it seemed like armies were at war,” said Mahida.
Cut to status quo. Mahida runs the dilapidated SouthPaw Boxing Club in Tardeo, has less than seven participants in the sub junior category and is no longer surprised by the rate of dropouts. “When you play cricket well in a gully, you’re the local hero. When you stage impromptu boxing matches there, you’re a goon.” Mahida bemoans the fact that the interest is next to dead in the island city when it comes to boxing. “When my mentor R N Sethana, founded this club there were more than 35 members in the junior and senior categories each and more than 20 kids in the under-17 division.”
Mahida’s skepticism also stems from the fact that clubs are hesitant to lend space for boxing matches even when they offer the venue a 60 per cent cut. “Here I am, running a boxing training facility out We need just as much as cricket or football gets, if we are going to produce champions. There’s no other solution,” ends Mahida. |
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KELLY BRUNO
Ranger Up Presents:
KELLY BRUNO
Kelly is on her way to the Hawaii Iron Man!!! Track her progress at Ironman.com!
Kelly was on the cover of the October 2007 issue of Endurance Magazine! See the full article here.
WHO SHE IS: Kelly Bruno was born on 23 March, 1984 with a birth defect that resulted in the amputation of her right leg below the knee. If the story ended there it would belong on some feel-good Saturday Morning Special, and not on Ranger Up. Luckily it doesn’t and we all have the pleasure of staring at pictures of her kicking all kinds of ass. In addition to being out-of-this-world hot, a published author, and a Biology/Pre-Med graduate from a prestigious university(that would probably rally for weeks if we published its name here), she has taken the world of disabled athletics by storm, claiming the 200-meter and 800-meter track and field world records for below-the-knee amputees while still in high school. Her 800-meter record still stands today. In April 2007, She became the amputee World Record Holder for the Iron Man Triathlon.
The suffering involved in sprinting wasn’t nearly enough and Kelly began a career in cross-country, where she quickly became one of the top runners on her high-school team, clocking in sub-seven-minute-mile averages. As high school wound to a close, Kelly tried to keep up the proud tradition of service to the nation that her father maintained in the Foreign Service by applying to all of the military branches. She was roundly rejected, despite her ability to easily max the men’s physical fitness test for all services.
With the challenges that the military provides removed from her realm of possibility, Kelly decided to ramp of the physical torture by becoming a tri-athlete. She has now completed numerous triathlons and half-marathons, as well as two Half-Iron Mans, and is currently preparing for her first ever full Iron Man in 2007 (We’re not sure, but we think that means a crap load of swimming and biking, followed by a marathon for a few extra giggles) and has a great shot at qualifying for the Paralympics. The coolest thing about her approach to these events is that despite her numerous accolades in disabled athletics, including placing 2nd in the ITU Triathlon World Championships, she’s gunning for YOU. She doesn’t want to be the best disabled athlete – she wants to sprint by your two-legged butt at sub-seven minute pace after a couple of hours of misery and leave you wondering what the heck just happened.
We would also like to reiterate that she is very hot.
WHY WE LOVE HER REASON #1: At the 2004 Uwharrie Mountain Run, which is an absolutely brutal event for those of you that love physical torture, Kelly was trucking down the final stretch, a little over 200 meters from the finish, when her prosthetic snapped in half, leaving her tiny body bouncing off the unforgiving landscape. Wasting no time, covered in blood, and effectively one-legged, Kelly hopped up on her left leg, grabbed her prosthetic and AGGRESSIVELY hopped in the final stretch. If this doesn’t seem cool to you, try hopping 200 meters sometime – we won’t even make you carry your own leg.
WHY WE LOVE HER REASON #2: She was told before the race that the demands of the mountain run were too much for her prosthetic, but did it anyway. Before you ask why she would do it, given that advice, I’m going to throw out a few phrases I’m sure NONE of you have heard. – “If you keep running on it, you’ll get a stress fracture.” - “It’ll never heal if you keep lifting.” - “You really just need to rest. Just tell your NCOs that you can’t do PT for a while.”
WHY WE LOVE HER REASON #3: At the 2006 Lake Crabtree Sprint Triathlon, Kelly’s leg got caught in the mud during her transition to the bike and she ended up crashing hard and legless with the additional bonus of having her bike smash on top of her. She promptly hopped up, reattached, added a few expletives to the world and trucked on, finishing near the top of her age group. We gave her double points for Rangering Up and for swearing.
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The Best Boxing Training Secrets For Fat Loss
People spend to much time training with cardio equipment. I have seen people train on cardio equipment, and their body’s still look the same months later!
When the average person has had enough of walking around in their body they are in they usually think of hitting the pavement running. Or people will train with the typical cardio circuit of elliptical and treadmills etc…Training for long and very casual intensities. Raising cortisol levels, preserving fat, etc…
People who perform a boxing workout get lean from the intense anaerobic way they train. Boxers fight and train in rounds lasting from 2 minutes to 3 minutes in duration. The training done for that duration is generally at a higher intensity. The training equipment also demands you get lean by the way the bags have to be worked.
Put it this way to maximally work and move the heavy bag in the right manner burns allot of calories and takes allot of effort to do. Your body then takes the lean shape from the aftermath of this demand of it to put forth the work. Same thing for the punch mitts when used correctly your whole body is moving and working and in a more anaerobic and intense manner than aerobic training.
Many times people who cross train or want to learn boxing for self defense are amazed at how sore they are in different areas of their body from the workout. They are waking and working muscles that have been dormant for some time in a unison intense manner.
Metabolically speaking, as stated several times above since the training is predominantly anaerobic and because we use allot of intervals our metabolic rates are greatly increased.
Unlike the aerobic way people train where they only burn calories for the duration of their aerobic activity or training. With anaerobic interval work your metabolic rate is increased for hours even after training is complete as you obviously know.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/738847
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Reza
Training with Bhanji is great. After a good warmup we usually do some padwork for improving the punching technique and combinations.
Sometimes also sparring. At the end crunches and stretching! Bhanji uses each training other exercises, so training will change and on that way it’s not getting boring.
If Bhanji sees that its too easy for one, he’ll increase the intensity so that at the end of the day, you feel every muscle. If you have any preferences, Training can be adjusted.
Overall really good training with a very good coach with whom you can also have a good conversation after the training!!
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Zee TV announces the launch of ‘Project Protsahan’ on Women’s Day
On 8th March, a day celebrated across the world as International Women’s Day, Zee TV, India’s leading Hindi GEC announces the launch of ‘Project Protsahan’, a drive towards empowerment of women. The inaugural ceremony of ‘Project Protsahan’ was held at the ITC Grand Maratha in Mumbai where the leading ladies of the channel’s primetime shows addressed the media and felicitated four extraordinary women who have made a significant contribution across different walks of life.
Akash Chawla, Marketing Head, Zee TV and Zee Cinema said, “Today on Women’s Day, we’d like to pledge our commitment towards the cause of empowering women through Project Protsahan. Under this project, we will identify issues affecting women and work in a focussed manner towards improving the economic and social potential of all Indian women. To begin with, we will be working closely with many children-based NGO’s as we launch our new show Chhoti Si Zindagi and have many more plans in the year ahead that will make a difference to thousands of lives!”
Speaking exclusively to Adgully, Chawla said, “For eighteen years, we have received a lot of love and response and encouragement which we have been getting form our viewers, which kind of germinated this idea. Women are the core TG of general entertainment channels. Now whatever we have been doing, we have always kept this social responsibility in mind. Project Protsahan will be a structure which will always keep reminding us about the social responsibility that has to be taken care of along with the entertainment that we offer. One looks at how much budget would be there for offline, hoardings etc but how many us look at the budget for social responsibility and Project Protsahan is a step in that direction.”
“It is not going to be a metro centric thing. In fact a lot of thing we do is keeping the grassroots of India. Right from education or financial and could also be awareness, these women through this project could be more empowered. Project Protsahan today is germination. We are hoping we have many more fields and can come back to you with it in the future. The question is that along with communication of shows and entertainment on air, is there meaningful things we can do which also helps in awareness and the causes that are associated to the shows,” he further said.
Speaking of Project Protsahan, Sukesh Motwani, Head- Fiction Programming, Zee TV said, “Zee TV has always been aware of its role as a medium of influencing public perception and introducing societal change. As a result, we have made it a point to address burning social issues through our programming content from time to time. Be it raising a voice against domestic violence through Ghar Ki Lakshmi-Betiyaan, generating awareness and sensitivity around the issue of autism through Aap Ki Antara or presenting the harsh reality of girl child-trafficking through Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, Zee TV has pioneered socially relevant television programming. Today, on Women’s Day, we’d like to take our involvement one step further and pledge our commitment towards the cause of empowering women through Project Protsahan.”
Marking the first initiative under Project Protsahan, Zee TV presented awards to four extremely deserving women for having made a noteworthy difference to society. Veebha Anand, popularly known as Lakshmi in Zee TV’s Sanskaar Lakshmi presented Shaheen Mistri, the founder of Akanksha Foundation and Teach for India with the Honour for Excellence in Education. Akanksha Foundation alone has made a difference to the lives of 3500 children across its 58 centres in the country while Teach For India is a nationwide movement of college graduates and young professionals who commit themselves to teaching full-time in under-resourced schools.
The Honour for Significant Contribution to Society was presented by Binny Sharma, Gauri of Zee TV’s Sanjog Se Bani Sangini to Yvonne D’souza of Crrystal Care Service, an organization that provides caretakers across all parts of Mumbai to nurse the old and sick at their homes and in hospitals. Apart from facilitating the care of thousands of needy patients, Crrystal Care Service has been instrumental in providing meaningful occupation to over 500 under-privileged men and women who work around the clock and earn a living as care-takers!
Sweta Mangal who founded the ‘Dial 1298 for ambulance’ project across Mumbai, Bihar, Kerala and Rajasthan received the Honour for Social Entrepreneurship at the hands of Aruna Irani, the veteran actress who has been associated with Zee TV for years. Making over 500 ambulances easily accessible to patients across the country, ‘Dial 1298 for Ambulance’ can be credited with having changed the role of ambulances from mere carriers of dead bodies to life-saving vehicles.
The Honour for Excellence in the field of Athletics was presented by Kratika Sengar, Zee TV’s Jhansi Ki Rani to Manjit, a spirited girl from Pandharpur who has made a distinct mark in the male-dominated world of boxing
Speaking on the occasion, actress Kratika Sengar said, “I am extremely grateful to Zee TV for having given me the opportunity of a lifetime. Essaying the role of a woman who epitomizes women’s empowerment in India has been a great learning experience. As India’s most revered female freedom fighter, Rani Laxmi bai has inspired millions of women the world over and I believe I have grown as a woman playing her part. As the show now reaches a most crucial stage where the legendary Rani wages the first war of Indian Independence against the British, Zee TV has gone the extra mile to bring alive the sheer scale, the fervor and the magnitude of this war. So I urge every Indian to watch the show as it approaches a very exciting climax!”
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Boxing In Mumbai
Bhanji Mahida’s first dreams of glory were not related to boxing at all.
“I was in a karate club but I left after a fight with members there. My uncle was into boxing and urged me to join. It was an exciting time for us in the ’80s. There were boxing matches nearly every week and greats like Manoj Pingle and Aspi Adajania ruled the scene. You were respected in the streets and when boxing clubs used to practice, it seemed like armies were at war,” said Mahida.
Bhanji Mahida runs the dilapidated SouthPaw Boxing Club in Tardeo, Race Course, has less than seven participants in the sub junior category and is no longer surprised by the rate of dropouts.
“When you play cricket well in a gully, you’re the local hero.
When you stage impromptu boxing matches there, you’re a goon.”
Mahida bemoans the fact that the interest is next to dead in the island city when it comes to boxing.
“When my mentor R N Sethana, founded this club there were more than 35 members in the junior and senior categories each and more than 20 kids in the under-17 division.”
Mahida’s skepticism also stems from the fact that clubs are hesitant to lend space for boxing matches even when they offer the venue a 60 per cent cut. “Here I am running a boxing training facility out of a BMC residential quarter and open Ground Like Race Course.
We need just as much as cricket or football gets, if we are going to produce champions. There’s no other solution,” ends Mahida.
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