India, Nov. 21 -- Fifteen of the possible 20 final appearances, nine of them ending in gold medals. If one were to look at numbers alone, India's run at the World Boxing Cup Final in Greater Noida will barely have any competitors. Women pugilists stole the show with 10 medals, seven of them gold, while the men also returned with a medal from each of the ten weight categories (two gold, five silver, three bronze).

The rousing success may lead one into believing that India has well and truly arrived as a boxing powerhouse, and while that may hold some merit in the women's field, the results from the men's division ought to be looked at a little more closely and dispassionately. The tournament that is purportedly meant for top-8 boxers of t...