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Born in the northern state of Haryana, she grew up in Bhiwani, a town synonymous with Indian boxing and nicknamed the country’s ‘Mini Cuba’.
Her great-grandfather Hawa Singh was one of the early giants of Indian boxing. At heavyweight, he won gold medals in the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games series and was one of the founders of the famous Biwani Boxing Club, which later produced boxers including Olympic medalist Vijender Singh.
Even so, Air Medals aren’t the main focus of the stories Lamboria remembers hearing about him at home. “It was powerful, but there was a lot of humility in it,” she says.
Her first boxing influences were her uncles Sandeep Singh and Parvinder Singh. “I grew up watching them compete,” she said. “They’re the ones who started me.”
Lamboria began boxing seriously at the age of 14, first training under her uncles at an academy run by Hawa’s son Sanjay Sheoran.
Although the sport ran through her relatives, Lamboria grew up in a modest income family. Her father Javier works as a housekeeper while her mother Joginder is a housewife.
“Their support is a big reason why I was the first girl in my immediate family to take sports seriously,” she says.
Her inspiration goes beyond her family.
