Neeraj Goyat

Neeraj Goyat (born 11 November 1991) is an Indian professional boxer.

He started with gymnastics, but then when he saw boxers training around him he was really impressed with their level of fitness and longevity and that's how he shifted to boxing he got selected in the Army sports institute in the year 2001, got very good training from the coaches there and learnt a lot from the senior cyclists in the institute.

He aims at becoming the WBC World Champion and follow the footsteps of his favorite boxer Mike Tyson who is also a former WBC World Champion.

He Started boxing in 2006 in the Army sports institute and studied for 10th standard there.

He won the title of "India's most promising boxer" in 2008.

He is also the first professional boxer who played three fights of twelve rounds and won it.

The first Indian boxer to have made it to WBC World Rankings (Ranked 20).

He became the first Indian who defeated China's boxer Xu Can in China in the year 2014, who is World Boxing Association world champion.

In the year 2014, Neeraj Goyat won the gold medal in the Youth National Tournament.

Neeraj got interested in boxing because the physique and the personality of sportsmen really appealed to him.

Neeraj Goyat is the first Indian professional Boxer who went to Venezuela for the Olympic qualifiers before 2016 Summer Olympics and won bronze medal.

Also, he won award of WBC Asia "Honorary Boxer of the year" in 2017.

In the first senior national tournament held in 2017, he won the platinum medal.

He won the Award of WBC Asia ‘Honorary Boxer of the year’ 2017.

Total number of Pro fights – 24

International level achievements

National level achievements

Neeraj was in a car accident in 2019, but has recovered and competed since.

Goyat was born in begumpur village in Karnal, Haryana.

Neeraj Goyat did his Schooling till 9th standard from SD model school, Haryana.