Super Boxing League


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.
TeamLocationOwners
Delhi GladiatorsDelhiShiva Vij, Varun Jain, Sushant Singh Rajput
Haryana WarriorsHaryanaArun Gupta
Maratha YoddhasPuneAjeenkya Patil, Riteish Deshmukh
Mumbai AssassinsMumbaiNitin Jadhav, Sohail Khan
North East TigersNortheast IndiaAmit Aggarwal, Prakash Johari, Arun Malhotra
OPM Punjab SultansPunjabDeep Malhotra, Sunny Leone, Gauravh Malhotra, Gautam Malhotra
Bahubali BoxersSouth IndiaMohammed Esa, Vishal Siwappa, Suniel Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Jonaid Bin Tajuddin Mohammed, Shobhu Yarlagadda, Avi Mittal
UP TerminatorsUttar PradeshJaskaran Puniyani and Navraj Jaura, Kanika Kapoor

Scoring system

The Super Boxing League follows a special points scoring system.
Bout outcomePoints awarded
Knockout6
Technical knockout4
Decision3
Draw1

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.