India, May 24 -- Two-time Olympian Amit Panghal can still picture the moment. His elder brother Ajay, 18, tears in his eyes, telling him - Amit, tujhe ek world class boxer banna hai. Then putting down his gloves for good. Their family couldn't keep two boxing careers alive. Gloves had to be borrowed just to practice, and a proper diet was a luxury they couldn't afford. So Ajay joined the Army as a Havaldar, posted in Patiala, and every rupee he earned went straight to Amit. "He told me - bas khel pe dhyan de, baaki sab main dekhunga," Amit recalls.

Ajay's reasoning was simple and devastating in equal measure: "If not me, then my brother. One of us had to live this dream, and for that I had to start earning."

Ask Amit how it all started ...