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The Southern Open Talent Hunt: In a major boost to the preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games later this year, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), in collaboration with the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), have organised an elite multinational training camp at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala.

The 13-day dynamic camp, which began on January 29 and will go on till February 10, has been hosted to give the boxers much-needed international exposure ahead of the crucial Olympics qualifiers.

Parveen (57kg), the Asian Games and World Championships 2022 bronze medallist, and men's World Championships bronze medallists Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) are among 30 Indian boxers, including 13 female, who are part of the camp which also features seven male and five female boxers from England. Soon, four male boxers from Russia will also join the camp.