Jamuna Boro was born on 7 May 1997 in Sonitpur, Assam.[7][8] She hails from Belsiri village. Her father, Parshu Boro, died when she was ten years old and her mother, Nirmali Boro had to work as a vegetable vendor.[7][9] In September 2021, Boro was appoineted as an excise inspector under the state sports policy of Assam.[10]
Career
She started her career as a Wushu player, coached by John Smith Narzary. In 2009, during the State Wushu Championship held at Udalguri, she was spotted by the observers of Sports Authority of India (SAI). Later she started boxing and was selected for the SAI Regional Sub Centre, based in Guwahati.[11] She is included in the Elite Women's team.[7] She won a silver medal in the 56th Belgrade Women's Boxing Tournament.[12][13] She had participated at the 2nd ‘Bengal Classic’ All India Invitational Elite (Men/ Women) Boxing Championship, held in Jatin Das Park, Kolkata from 21 to 25 January 2019 and 67th All India Police Wrestling Cluster held in Jaipur from 27 Feb to 3 March 2019. She won gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati from 20 to 24 May 2019 where she defeated her rivals Meena Kumari Maisnam in semi-finals and Y Sandhyarani Devi in the finals. She won gold medal at the 23rd President's Cup 2019 Boxing International Open Tournament held in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara where she beat her opponents Kase Serlin Alin Liliwati of Indonesia in semi-finals and Giulia Lamagna of Italy in the finals both by 5–0.[4] She is registered with Boxing Federation of India.
In November 2019, Boro signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS) which will handle her endorsements and commercial interests.[14]