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Trailblazing boxer Inder Bassi won huge battle for Sikh fighters and now faces clash at legendary football ground
Trailblazing boxer Inder Bassi won huge battle for Sikh fighters and now faces clash at legendary football ground
Published on March 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
INDER BASSI hopes to leave behind a lasting memory in the boxing ring – having already done so outside of it.
Bassi is 14-2 in his career – turning professional in 2019 – off the back of a title-winning amateur career of 50 wins out of 75.
Inder Bassi is a 14-2 professional boxerHe features on SunSport's Contender series on YouTubeHere he is sparring in the famous Peacock Boxing gymBassi is hard at work preparing for his next bout
But one of the biggest fights Bassi had during his time in the unpaid ranks was the old rule that amateur boxers had to shave off all facial hair.
The welterweight from Basildon is a proud Sikh – a religion which prohibits the cutting or shaving hair.
Bassi helped campaign to change the the amateur boxing rule – which was in place to stop cuts due to the coarse texture of facial hair.
And in 2019, the ban was lifted by England Boxing thanks to the help of Bassi, who features in SunSport's latest Contender episode on YouTube.
The trailblazer told us: “The overturning of the beard ban – people associate that with my name.
“It's weird because you weren't allowed a beard in the amateur boxing and like I said, in the professional game, you're allowed.
“In Muay Thai, kickboxing, in any other contact sport you were allowed just weren't allowed in the amateur boxing.
“That held a lot of Sikh boxers back. The belts are something every fighter wants and I want them myself, I'm hungry for belts.
Bassi had to shave his beard in the amateursBut he helped change the boxing ruleHe will be remembered for his work inside and outside the ring