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| Sport | Boxing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Bill Dosanjh,Amir Khan |
| First season | 2017 |
| Owner | Bill Dosanjh |
| Motto | Hit Harder |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | India |
| Most recent champion | Maratha Yoddhas |
| Most titles | Maratha Yoddhas (1 title) |
| Broadcaster | Sony ESPN |
| Official website | Official website |
TheSuper Boxing League was the first professionalboxing league inIndia.[1][2] British businessman Bill Dosanjh and former boxing championAmir Khan founded Super Boxing League in 2017[3] afterSuper Fight League's first season. The league is organised with the support ofWorld Boxing Council and Professional Boxing Organisation India.[4] The first season had 8 teams comprising both men and women pugilists.[5]
List of all participating teams.[6]
| 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 |
The Super Boxing League follows a special points scoring system.[7]
| Bout outcome | Points awarded |
|---|---|
| Knockout | 6 |
| Technical knockout | 4 |
| Decision | 3 |
| Draw | 1 |
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. WhileSukhdeep 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.[citation needed]