{"id":243295,"date":"2026-01-17T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243295\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:59:07","slug":"vijender-singh-appointed-member-of-asian-boxing-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243295\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijender Singh appointed member of Asian Boxing Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s Vijender Singh<\/a>, who won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics<\/a>, was appointed as a member of the Asian Boxing Council, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old Vijender Singh, who is India\u2019s first Olympic medallist in boxing<\/a>, has over two decades of experience, spanning both amateur and professional circuits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as we created history in Beijing, I am committed to working for the growth of Asian boxing, with a strong focus on Indian boxers and helping our athletes achieve even greater success in the future,\u201d Vijender said following the announcement.<\/p>\n

The Asian Boxing Council operates under the umbrella of the World Boxing Council. World Boxing is an international federation approved by the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

The Asian Boxing Council plays a key role in shaping the sport\u2019s competitive and developmental framework and schedule across the Asian and Australasian regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vijender remains one of India\u2019s most recognisable names in boxing. Alongside his historic Olympic bronze, he won gold at the 2010 Asian Games<\/a> in Guangzhou after securing bronze at the 2006 edition in Doha. He is also a three-time Commonwealth Games<\/a> medallist, claiming silver at Melbourne 2006 and Glasgow 2014, and bronze at Delhi 2010.<\/p>\n

After transitioning to professional boxing in 2015, Vijender compiled an impressive 13-1 record, with nine of his wins coming via knockout. His last professional bout came in 2022, when he defeated Ghana\u2019s Eliasu Sulley by knockout.<\/p>\n

Last year, Vijender was also included in the Indian government\u2019s Sports Expert Panel, contributing to athlete development, governance and sports infrastructure initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Vijender Singh, who won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, was appointed as a member…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-243295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}