India, Dec. 28 -- Indian boxing endured a deeply unsettling 2025 with the administrators locked in bitter courtroom battles before the men and women who actually exchange blows for a living salvaged the year through the emergence of two new world champions in Jaismine Lamboria and Minakshi Hooda. The year began on an unusually dull note with boxers absent from most international competition in the aftermath of a medal-less Olympic campaign.

Behind the quiet, however, the sport was being consumed by internal strife within the Boxing Federation of India (BFI). Selection plans were stalled, national championships were disrupted, national coaching positions lay vacant and overseas exposure took a hit as rival camps within the federation lock...