Indian women boxers get foreign coach for the first time

In a historic first for Indian boxing, Frenchman Stephane Cottalorda, an AIBA three-star coach, has been roped to train the country's women pugilists for a nearly two-year term.

The 41-year-old, who is a member of the European Boxing Confederation's coaches commission, will be joining the boxers in the first week of June.

In addition, Italy's Raffaele Bergamasco has been roped in for the youth women boxers, while the recently-appointed men's coach Santiago Nieva has been handed a contract till December 2020.

Bergamasco, also an International Boxing Association (AIBA) three-star coach, too has been appointed till December 2020.

Cottalorda, however, has come in till December 2018 for the time being.

"The contracts of all the three coaches were finalised yesterday after a meeting at the Sports Authority of India. We are looking to bring about stability in the Indian coaching set-up with this," a top Boxing Federation of Indian official told

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