More than 330 boxers from 44 National Federations are registered to compete at the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ which will take place at the Guiyang Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, 15-21 June 2026.
The draw, schedule, full results and all competition information is available at https://chn.xboxing.world/
It is the second World Boxing Cup of the year, following the ‘World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2026 – Foz do Iguaçu’ in February, when the home nation topped the medal table followed by China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Poland.
The registered entries for Guiyang City, feature strong teams from India and Uzbekistan who are sending men and women to compete in all 20 weight categories. Other countries sending large teams include Kenya with 19 representatives and Kazakhstan with 18.
The line-up features a number of leading boxers and includes two women making a return to Olympic boxing from professional boxing.
At middleweight (W75kg), Canada’s multiple gold medallist and two-time Olympian, Tammara Thibeault, will be making her first appearance in an Olympic boxing competition since Paris 2024 as she aims to combine her professional career with qualifying for LA28.
She is joined by Brazil’s two-time Olympic medallist and one-time IBF lightweight world champion, Beatriz Ferreira, who returns to the Olympic-style format at welterweight (W65kg).
Ferreira is part of 12 strong Brazilian line-up that includes Luiz Oliveira (M60kg), Yuri Falcao (M65kg) and Wanderley Pereira (M80kg), who won medals in the first World Boxing Cup of 2026.
The competition in Guiyang City is the first time China has hosted a World Boxing Cup event and features an impressive home nation line-up of 19 boxers that includes 2024 Olympic gold medallist, Wu Yu (W51kg), along with, Jiamao Zhang (M55kg) and Liu Yang (W70kg), who won gold at the World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2026.
Medals will be contested across 20 weight divisions, 10 each for men and women, with World Boxing ranking points up for grabs. Preliminary rounds will be held across two rings transitioning to one ring for the semi-finals and finals.
The official draw will take place on Sunday 14 June at 18:30 (local time) with action getting underway on Monday 15 June. There will be three sessions in the preliminary rounds.
The competition will be streamed live on the World Boxing YouTube channel HERE.
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