The Super Boxing League is the first professional

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league in

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businessman Bill Dosanjh and British boxing champion Amir Khan founded Super Boxing League in 2017, after

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first season. The league is organised with the support of

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and Professional Boxing Organisation India. The first season had 8 teams comprising both men and women pugilists.

Teams

List of all participating teams.

Scoring system

The Super Boxing League will follow a special points scoring system.

2017 SBL Season

The first edition of SBL was held from July 7 to August 12, 2017 at Siri Fort,

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. Maratha Yoddhas beat Haryana Warriors to become inaugural champion. 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.

References

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