Boxing is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds." The combatants are called boxers or fighters and they avoid their opponent's punches while trying to land punches of their own. 

The 5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships will be held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi from March 10-18, 2010.

The participants for the commonwealth championships in March 2010 are England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Kenya, Samoa, Singapore, Canada (not yet confirmed) and India. 

India’s performance in the last Commonwealth Games at Melbourne in 2006 were superlative as Akhil Kumar (54kgs) won gold medal, Vijender Singh (69kgs) & Harpreet Singh (91kgs) won silver medals while Jitender Kumar (51kgs) & Varghese Johnson (+91kgs) won bronze medals.