Assam Gives Land at ₹1 for Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Academy

A Week of Celebration

The decision comes days after Lovlina returned home from the Asian Games in Japan.

She became the second Indian woman boxer to win Asian Games gold, after M.C. Mary Kom in 2014. She had earlier won silver in the same category at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Why It Matters: Turning One Medal Into Many

Cash rewards celebrate a champion; an academy can create more of them. Four bighas, roughly 1.3 acres, offers space for a proper training centre close to Guwahati, where young boxers from across the state could train without having to move far away.

Lovlina herself rose from Baromukhia village in Golaghat district, without the kind of facilities top athletes have today. An academy bearing her name could give the next Lovlina an easier path to the ring.

The idea also follows a familiar path in Indian boxing: Mary Kom, the only other Indian woman to win Asian Games boxing gold, has also run an academy to train young boxers in her home state.

Support Across Parties

Lovlina’s homecoming drew support from across the political spectrum. Alongside Sports Minister Biswajit Daimary and state BJP president Dilip Saikia, a Congress delegation led by Pranati Phukan also felicitated her at the airport.

The Bottom Line

From a birthday gold in Japan to an academy in her name back home, Lovlina Borgohain’s journey is now set to open doors for future boxers from Assam.

With inputs from IANS.