The World Boxing Championships 2025 got underway today with 60 bouts across two sessions of world-class action at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England.
Host nation, England was quick out of the blocks with three wins in front of their home fans for Ellis Trowbridge (M55kg), Lauren Mackie (W54kg) and Paris Olympian, Chantelle Reid (W70kg). The only disappointment on a fine opening day for the hosts was a split decision loss for Isaac Okoh (M90kg) against Sagyndyk Togambay of Kazakhstan.
Trowbridge was the only English boxer to compete in the early session and secured the home nation’s first win of the day with a 5:0 unanimous victory over Albania’s Ardit Murja. He will meet Rui Yamaguchi of Japan in the next round.
Trowbridge said: “I showed my composure, and I showed my skill, and I am looking forward to building on this momentum now. Doing it in from of a home crowd brings my game to the next level, so bring on the next round.
“This is the first day of fights and the atmosphere was great. So, it’s only going to pick up from day to day, and that means I’ve got to step it up every single time and I’m going to do that.”
All of today’s results are available at: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/live-schedule-results
66 national federations are competing in the tournament, which is the first to host the men and women’s version of the world championships as part of the same event. All five continents that participate in Olympic-style boxing are represented in Liverpool.
Friday will see a further 64 bouts across two sessions. Session three gets underway from 11:00 (GMT) followed by session four at 18:00 (GMT), with action across two rings once again.
The daily schedule, official draw and all results and additional information can be found on the event’s official website: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/competition-documents.
The World Boxing Championships 2025 is being livestreamed on World Boxing’s website via Eurovision Sport (available in selected territories) at https://worldboxing.org/watch-the-world-boxing-championships/.
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