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Detailed explanation-1: -Shiva Thapa’s silver also meant India finished the Asian Boxing Championships 2022 with 12 medals, four golds, two silvers and six bronze.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both medals came at the 1958 Asian Games. Four years later, Indian boxing celebrated its first Asian champion. Padam Bahadur Mall won gold in the men’s lightweight category beating Japan’s Kanemaru Shiratori in the final.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Kom was the first Indian female boxer to participate in the Olympics and to win a bronze medal. She did so at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.