Has there ever been a world champion pro boxer from India and/or of Indian ancestry?

Ill start you off with this thread.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173707&highlight=india

To my knowledge there have been no Indian world champs...As mentioned in the other thread its a culture thing but it must be noted that the Indian amateur programs seems to be gradually getting better results.

 

There could be someone of light skinned Jamaican heritage that had indian heritage, but you'll be struggling to find out their heritage. I wonder what Mike McCallum's heritage is

 

Am I missing something or are you mistaking Indians for native americans?


My people are sad.. 1 billion people one of us can do it :yep

 

Nah dont think he is...a lot of Indians in the Caribbean. They make up the majority in Guyana.

 

Does Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis have Indian ancestry

 

Dont think so...His complexion and facial features looked pretty African to me.

 

Given e enormous number of people from India who settled in other British colonies during the days of the Raj I think that there simply must be sombody.

 

Not one. There has been a bronze Olympic medal winner from India. That is as far as they have advanced in boxing.

 

Khan is as close as you'll get.


His family come from Rawalpindi, which was part of India till 1947 (I think) so he's essentialy of Indian ancestry.

 

In fact India has only won one gold medal in the history of the Olympic games.

 

Only because kabbadi isn't an olympic sport (yet)

 

I would have thought that one of the African champions might have some Indian ancestry.

The British Empire moved a lot of people between India and the African colonies.

 

I know there was a female amateur boxer from India and she won a lot of competitions, can't remember her name but I'll try to find it. It is surprising with a population so big that more boxers haven't come through. As said before it’s more to do with the culture most kids prefer cricket or even wrestling although their wrestling often differs from Olympic wrestling. They do a lot of Pehlwani. I'm half Indian and can't think of any pros they seem to be doing better in the commonwealth games in recent years.