Usha Nagisetty

Usha Nagisetty (born 13 August 1984) is an Indian boxer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. She trains at the Sports Training Center in Visakhapatnam and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Women Boxing Championships and the silver medal at the 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship.

Boxing career Nagisetty has been receiving training at the Sports Training Centre in Visakhapatnam, from Her SAI coach Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao from 2002.

She was the only female boxer who had been invited for demonstration bouts in the World Boxing Championship for men in 2009.

She also won a gold medal for Andhra Pradesh at the Federation Cup in 2011. She once again won a gold medal at the All India Police Boxing Meet and at the Inter-Zonal National Boxing Championship.

In 2011, at the Federation Cup Women’s Boxing Championship, Nagisetty once again struck gold as she fought and won against National Champion Preeti Beniwal. Though it seemed like Preeti Beniwal had the advantage in the first three rounds, Nagisetty won in the end.

Personal life Nagisetty was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to N V Ramana and N Umamaheswari. She claims that her inspiration is her father who was also an athlete. She said, “My neighbours were actually thrilled that I was a boxer and I used to love the attention. It really spurred me on.” Her brother Santosh is a boxer. Her husband Ganesh is a football goalkeeper.