Jamuna Boro


Jamuna Boro is an Indian amateur woman boxer. She has also represented India at international competitions. She won a gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati. She also won a gold at the 23rd President's Cup 2019 Boxing International Open Tournament held in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara. She won a bronze in the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ulan-Ude, Russia.

Personal Information

Jamuna Boro was born on 7 May 1997 in Goreswar. She now hails from Dhekiajuli. Since her father, Parshu Boro died when she was an infant, her mother, Nirmali Boro had to work as a vegetable vendor.

Sports

Boro started her career as a Wushu player, coached by Jacob Basumatary. In 2009, during the State Wushu Championship held at Udalguri, she was spotted by the observers of Sports Authority of India. Later she started boxing and was selected for the SAI Regional Sub Centre, based in Guwahati. She is included in the Elite Womens team. She won a silver medal in the 56th Belgrade Womens Boxing Tournament. She recently participated in the event 2nd ‘Bengal Classic’ All India Invitational Elite Boxing Championship, held at Jatin Das Park, Kolkata from 21 to 25 January 2019 and 67th All India Police Wrestling Cluster held at Jaipur from 27 Feb to 3 March 2019. She won a gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati from 20 to 24 May 2019 where she defeated her rivals Meena Kumari Maisnam in semi-finals and Y Sandhyarani Devi in the finals. She also won a gold medal at the 23rd President's Cup 2019 Boxing International Open Tournament held in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara where she beat her opponents Kase Serlin Alin Liliwati of Indonesia in semi-finals and Giulia Lamagna of Italy in the finals both by 5–0. She is registered with Boxing Federation of India and is an employee of the Assam Rifles. She plays boxing through All India Police. Keeping in mind the sports facilities provided she has decided to join Indian Railways employing elite boxers like Pwilao Basumatary, Minu Basumatary and Bhagyabati Kachari or CISF thereafter resigning from Assam Rifles employing boxers like Ani Lama, Manju Basumatary and the javelin thrower Runjun Pegu.
In November 2019, Boro signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions which will handle her endorsements and commercial interests.

[2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships]

Boro, in 54kg category, was amongst ten boxers who had represented India in The 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ulan-Ude, Russia from 3 to 13 October 2019. She lost to Chinese Taipei's Huang Hsiao-wen in the semifinal and had to settle with a bronze medal.

Achievements