The Super Boxing League was the first professional boxing league in India. British businessman Bill Dosanjh and former boxing champion Amir Khan founded Super Boxing League in 2017 after Super Fight League's first season. The league is organised with the support of World Boxing Council and Professional Boxing Organisation India. The first season had 8 teams comprising both men and women pugilists.
Teams List of all participating teams. Team Location Owners Delhi Gladiators Delhi Shiva Vij, Varun Jain (N V Group), Sushant Singh Rajput Haryana Warriors Haryana Arun Gupta Maratha Yoddhas Pune Ajeenkya Patil, Riteish Deshmukh Mumbai Assassins Mumbai Nitin Jadhav, Sohail Khan North East Tigers Northeast India Amit Aggarwal, Prakash Johari, Arun Malhotra OPM Punjab Sultans Punjab Deep Malhotra, Sunny Leone, Gauravh Malhotra, Gautam Malhotra Bahubali Boxers South India Mohammed Esa, Vishal Siwappa, Suniel Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Jonaid Bin Tajuddin Mohammed, Shobhu Yarlagadda, Avi Mittal UP Terminators Uttar Pradesh Jaskaran Puniyani and Navraj Jaura, Kanika Kapoor
Scoring system The Super Boxing League follows a special points scoring system. Bout outcome Points awarded Knockout 6 Technical knockout 4 Decision 3 Draw 1
2017 SBL season The first edition of SBL was held from July 7 to August 12, 2017, at Siri Fort, New Delhi. Maratha Yoddhas beat Haryana Warriors to become the inaugural champions. While Sukhdeep Singh of Warriors was the best boxer of the league and Sandeep Chikara of Yoddhas was given the title of best knockout of the league.
See also Pro Boxing League Super Fight League
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