The Asian Games 2026 medallists will directly book their berths in next year’s World boxing championships, which will be the first qualifying event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) said on Wednesday.
“We have tried to make the selection policy comprehensive and fair so that no good boxer is left out,” said a BFI official.
“Asian Games medallists will be selected as the main entries in their respective weight categories. The gold medallists of the 10th National championships shall serve as reserve entries in those weight categories,” said the BFI circular.
The 10th National championships will be held in Guwahati (women) and Patna (men) in December.
For weight categories in which India does not win medals at the Asian Games and the LA 2028 weight categories that are not part of the Asiad (men’s 65kg and women’s 57kg and 70kg), the gold medallists of the above-mentioned Nationals will be selected as main entries.
The Asian qualifier in China next year and two World qualifying tournaments in 2028 will also provide quota places for LA28.
Indian boxers losing in the ‘quota bout round’ (the winner of which earns a quota place) at the World championships will get direct entry to the Asian qualifiers. The remaining slots will be filled through a ranking selection trial among elite National campers after the boxers enter the National camp through dedicated pathways.
A similar process will be followed for the two World qualifying tournaments, to be held in Italy and Hungary, in 2028.
The National camp will start with medallists of the 10th National championships, Asian Games medallists and wild cards to be selected by the BFI selection committee.
For non-Olympic weights, gold medallists of the Nationals will be the main entries for the World championships in Kazakhstan, while the silver medallists will be the reserves.
Published – September 16, 2026 06:16 pm IST
