Indian Boxer Eye Olympic Tickets

Indian boxers will seek to grab the last available slots for London Olympics when the Asian Qualifying tournament starts in Astana, Kazakhstan later today.

The Indian boxers will have to fight it out against a stellar field of over 130 competitors from 27 countries.

Instructed to be at their aggressive best during the event, which would decide 25 Asian slots for the Olympics, the boxers will kick off their campaign in the evening after the draw is settled in the afternoon the same day.

India has already bagged four slots – L Devendro Singh (49kg), Jai Bhagwan (60kg), Manoj Kumar (64kg) and Vikas Krishan (69kg) – during the first Olympic Qualifiers (last year’s World Championships in Azerbaijan).