Honorary Captain Hawa Singh (16 December 1937 in Umarwas,
Haryana – 14 August 2000, in Bhiwani, Haryana) was an Indian
Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur
boxing for a decade in his weight class. He won the Asian Games gold
medal in the Heavyweight category in consecutive editions of the
games, in the 1966 Asiad and the 1970 Asiad both held in Bangkok,
Thailand – a feat unmatched by any Indian boxer to date (August
2008). He won the National Championships in the Heavyweight
category a record 11 consecutive times — from 1961 to 1972.