new delhi the boxing federation of india bfi has shipped off 22 boxers 10 men and 12 women to the gb boxing centre in sheffield where they will train till july 29 in the final leg of their preparation for the 18th asian games which gets underway in indonesia in less than a months time the boxers are part of the asian games squad and the likely representatives at the womens world championships that will take place in new delhi later this yearthe indian federation accepted an invite from the british amateur boxing association and has not been disappointed by the hospitality in sheffield so far we got an invite from our british counterparts and were more than happy to accept it they are providing us good teams as sparring partners and worldclass facilities for training boxers from canada are also here so that gives us additional options for sparring bfis highperformance director santiago nieva told toi from sheffield on wednesdaynieva believes sheffield provides a refreshing change the boxers also need a change in venue it helps in avoiding monotony and i believe our boys and girls will draw inspiration from this change he saidthe gb boxing centre includes the worlds first hypoxic ring which simulates highaltitude conditions it is actually a ring enclosed within a plastic tent with a generator which changes the oxygen content in the airasked to elaborate on the benefits of training in sheffield nieva said a lot of the facilities are much better than what we get in india specifically some of the equipment used for training the video analysis setup as well as the physiotherapy arrangements the entire infrastructure and organisation at the camp is very professionalthe mood of the camp is upbeat and the sparring sessions began from wednesday onward we took a couple of days to settle down the sparring sessions for all the boxers will begin from today only shiva thapa will not be sparring on wednesday but hell join the others on thursday he doesnt have any injury but needs an extra day of rest nieva said