Meet Danisha Mathialagan, a plucky and tenacious 25-year-old who has come a long way from competing furtively – without consent from her parents – in local competitions

The Straits Times features 12 athletes, each corresponding to one of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. In the second profile of the series, Kimberly Kwek interviews boxer Danisha Mathialagan.

The Straits Times continues the countdown to the 32nd SEA Games, held in Cambodia for the first time from May 5 to 17. Over five days, we profile Singapore athletes looking for their “firsts” in Phnom Penh. Today, we feature boxer and first-time dad Danish Husli.

Anyone could have been disheartened given the state of sport in their country but not Danisha

The 25-year-old from Singapore, who is part of the ongoing IBA Women's World Championships, is a proficient boxer & an equally proficient embalmer

Danish, 15, was feeling aimless in life but a community project is helping him "rise up again".

After missing out on the Hanoi SEA Games in 2022, Singapore boxer Danisha Mathialagan thought she had done enough to qualify for the 2023 edition in Cambodia.

A chef, a teacher and a paralegal – these are some of the women who are part of Singapore’s first developmental team for women’s boxing.

They are young, they are hungry and they want Singaporean boxers to qualify for the Olympic Games again. A fresh-faced leadership team was elected to chart the course for the Singapore Boxing Federation (SBF) for the next four years, after affiliates went to the polls at its annual general meeting at the Singapore Sports Hub on Saturday night.

Syed Abdul Kadir, a man synonymous with local boxing for over five decades, has stepped down as president of the Singapore Boxing Federation (SBF), the national association told The Straits Times on Friday (July 8).