Khimanand belwal

The Boxing Federation: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) announced that it has accepted the resignation of high-performance director Bernard Dunne and the national team will continue to train under the guidance of foreign coach Dmitrij Dmitruk.

The decision was taken during the federation’s way forward meeting, which was chaired by the BFI president Ajay Singh and attended by secretary general Hemanta Kumar Kalita, treasurer Digvijay Singh, vice president Rajesh Bhandari and chairman of BFI’s disciplinary & dispute commission DP Bhatt.

“Bernard Dunne was an integral part of BFI’s set-up but unfortunately we have to mutually part ways. His resignation was accepted by the committee. During his tenure, the Indian boxers have achieved multiple milestones. We express our sincere gratitude for his dedication, hard work and contributions and we wish him best of luck for his future endeavours,” commented BFI president Ajay Singh.