2025

Oceania Boxing Confederation elects Beulah Daunakamakama from Fiji as first President at its inaugural Congress in Fiji

October 13, 2025

The newly established Oceania Boxing Confederation has elected Beulah Daunakamakama from Fiji as its first President at its inaugural Congress in Fiji.

The establishment of the new Confederation, which is affiliated to World Boxing, marked the beginning of a new era for the sport in Oceania aimed at strengthening and promoting boxing in the region.

The Congress was hosted by the Fiji Amateur Boxing Association and attended by the National Federations for boxing from Aotearoa, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tuvalu.

It was chaired by Dinah Glykidis, Chief Executive of Boxing Australia and a Vice President of World Boxing and included welcomes from Kathy Wong, President of the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) and Board Member of the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC), and Ratu Meli Nacuva, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Government of Fiji).

The business of Congress included the ratification of Oceania Boxing’s Statutes, and elections for the Executive Board, including the position of President and two Vice Presidents. The election process was scrutinised by FASANOC to ensure it was fair and transparent.

The full list of people elected to the Executive Board include:

President: Beulah Daunakamakama (Fiji)
Vice President (1): Phil Goodes (Australia)
Vice President (2): Tavui Mike Lemisio (Samoa)
Board Members: Ishmael Tahiata (French Polynesia), Lefau Francis Joseph Ainuu (Samoa), and Ms Manaema Saitala (Tuvalu – subsequently co-opted)
Chair of Sports and Competition Committee: Scott Bindloss (Kiribati)
Treasurer (Chair of Audit & Finance Committee): Vacant
One additional Board position remains vacant.

In speeches during the Congress, delegates expressed appreciation to World Boxing for its ongoing support in maintaining the Olympic pathway for athletes and enabling the revitalisation of boxing in the Oceania region.

The Congress also extended thanks to the current President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, for his support in helping Oceania to establish the new Confederation.

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. It held its first formal meeting with the IOC in May 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level.

World Boxing relocates Congress 2025 to Rome

October 1, 2025

World Boxing’s forthcoming Congress has been relocated to Rome in Italy.

It follows discussions between World Boxing and the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) who reached a mutual decision to relocate the Congress, that will now be held in Rome, Italy, on 23 November 2025.

The Congress will include elections for the Presidency and a number of other Executive Board positions along with a series of other votes on World Boxing business.

The decision to relocate the Congress does not impact the forthcoming World Boxing Cup Finals which will take place in New Delhi over five days of competition from 17-22 November 2025.

World Boxing’s Acting Secretary General, Mike McAtee, explained: “The World Boxing Congress is one of the most significant events in the calendar and following discussions with the BFI, we reached a mutual agreement to separate this from the forthcoming World Boxing Cup Finals which will take place around the same time.

“We would like to thank the Italian Boxing Federation for offering to host the Congress and have no doubt this will be a fantastic occasion and a great opportunity for the World Boxing family to come together again.”

The President of the Boxing Federation of India, Ajay Singh said: “After positive discussions with our colleagues at World Boxing, we have mutually agreed to relocate the Congress to Italy. The decision was guided by logistical factors—such as travel-processing timelines—so that all delegates can participate smoothly.

“We will continue working hand-in-hand on the World Boxing Cup Finals and are focused on delivering a best-in-class event. The BFI is fully committed to a long-term relationship with World Boxing and to constructive collaboration with World Boxing and other National Federations.”

The President of the Italian Boxing Federation, Flavio D’Ambrosi added: “We are honoured that Italy will be the host of such an important event as the first World Boxing Congress after recognition by the IOC. We will do everything to ensure the best conditions for run smoothly and I hope that the participating delegates can appreciate our hospitality as well as recognize with full satisfaction that Italy is a country that can host major sport events.

“I thank the World Boxing Board and am aware that we are hosting a historic and very important moment for the entire Olympic boxing movement. We will work hard and do everything responsibly to host delegates, authorities and participants in the right way giving to them the chance to express their membership to World Boxing and freely choose the governance that will guide us for the Los Angeles 2028 challenge.”

World Boxing welcomes eight new nations to take membership to 125 National Federations

September 23, 2025

The Executive Board of World Boxing has approved membership applications from eight more National Federations, to take its membership to 125 countries.

The eight new members are spread across four continents and include: Slovenian Boxing Federation (Slovenia); National Boxing Federation of North Macedonia (Macedonia); Qatar Boxing Federation (Qatar); Libyan Boxing Federation (Libya); Senegalese Boxing Federation (Senegal); Nicaraguan Amateur Boxing Federation (Nicaragua), Kenya (Boxing Federation of Kenya); and the Ukrainian National Federation (Ukraine).

Each new National Federations have completed a rigorous application process to join World Boxing. They are deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and operating processes, able to demonstrate a transparent and open election process, the existence and operation of WADA-recognised anti-doping polices and processes, evidence of independent, structured, dispute resolution and appeals processes, formal recognition by either their National Olympic Committee (NOC) or Ministry for Sport and a solid national and international boxing programme.

A full list of the 125 National Federations that are members of World Boxing can be viewed HERE.

Under World Boxing’s Statutes, the approval of the Executive Board means the seven new National Federations have been endorsed for membership. Final approval of membership status can only be conferred by Congress, which is the ultimate authority of World Boxing, and will be voted on at its next Congress which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi in November 2025.

World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst will not stand for a second term in upcoming Presidential election at Congress on November 2025

September 18, 2025

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, will not stand for a second term in the forthcoming Presidential election which will be held at World Boxing’s third annual Congress in November 2025.

The decision was announced by Boris van der Vorst in a personal letter to the Presidents of all of World Boxing’s member National Federations today (Thursday 18 September 2025).

In the letter, van der Vorst wrote: “I am writing to you personally to confirm that after long and careful deliberations I have made the decision to not seek re-election as the President of World Boxing and will not be standing as a candidate in the forthcoming election at World Boxing’s third annual Congress in November 2025.”

The letter went on to highlight the major achievements of World Boxing under van der Vorst’s tenure as President, which include: growing its membership to more than120 National Federations from all five Continents; establishing an annual competition calendar that recently included the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 for elite men and women; and securing provisional recognition for World Boxing from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which, in March 2025, resulted in the reinstatement of boxing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games (LA28).

Commenting on these in his letter, van der Vorst wrote: That we have achieved our primary objective of keeping boxing at the heart of the Olympic Movement is a source of huge pride and the realization of a dream.

“It was only possible thanks to the support and close cooperation of many colleagues from every continent. Many of those colleagues will be reading this letter and I am deeply grateful to all of you.”

Explaining the reasons for his decision not to seek re-election, van der Vorst added: “My time as President has been fulfilling and inspiring, but it has also been relentless. After years of global travel and the daily demands of building World Boxing from the ground up to meet the requirements of the IOC and other stakeholders, I have concluded that I will not commit to another term as President.

“World Boxing is firmly established and recognised, and it is time for new leadership to guide the organisation towards Dakar 2026 and Los Angeles 2028.”

A statement from the Executive Board of World Boxing said: “The Executive Board would like to thank Boris for his hard work and commitment over the last three years and the vital contribution he has made to the achievements of World Boxing in helping to establish the organisation and in his tenure as its first President.

“Boris has played a key role in enabling World Boxing to secure recognition as the International Federation for boxing within the Olympic Movement and the subsequent reinstatement of the sport at the Games in Los Angeles. In being part of this, he has helped to keep the Olympic dream alive for tens of thousands of male and female boxers across the world and ensure that they will have the opportunity to compete on the biggest stage in sport.

“We wish Boris and his family all the very best for the future and in whatever he goes on to do once his term as President has come to an end.”

The window for nominating candidates to take part in elections at the World Boxing Congress in November is now closed. In line with the processes set-out in World Boxing’s ‘Election process And Voting Regulations’ policy HERE all of the candidates will be assessed for eligibility by an independent Vetting Panel using open-source materials.

The Vetting Panel is made-up of three independent, external experts that do not have any involvement or knowledge of World Boxing and will be supported by the leading independent provider of sport-specific arbitration and mediation services, Sport Resolutions.

Once the vetting process has been completed a final list of eligible candidates will be published no later than 30 days before the elections take place.

Further information on World Boxing is available at www.worldboxing.org.

Kazakhstan tops the medal table at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 thanks to victory in the final bout of the competition

September 14, 2025

A thrilling final day of action at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool saw Kazakhstan’s Aibek Oralbay defeat Jahhongir Zokirov of Uzbekistan in the 520^th and final bout of the competition to win the super-heavyweight (M90kg+) gold medal and ensure his country topped the final medal table with seven golds, one silver and two bronze.

Although Uzbekistan secured a higher medal count with 11, it won fewer golds and had to settle for second place in the medal table, with six golds, two silver and three bronze.

After 10 days of high-class competition at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, the final day evolved into a shoot-out between the two Asian superpowers which, remarkably, won every one of the men’s categories between them.

It proved to be a superb closing day for Kazakhstan which won seven of the eight finals its boxers contested, the only reverse coming in the first bout of the day when Nazym Kyzaibay lost to India’s Minakshi Minakshi at light-flyweight (W48kg).

The final outcome at the top of the medal table hinged on two direct match-ups between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, which came out on top in both.

The women’s welterweight (W65kg) final between Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan’s Aida Abikeyeva was one of the best bouts of the day and after two hard fought rounds between, the Uzbek seemed to have the upper hand. However, the combination of a point off from the referee and terrific onslaught by Abikeyeva saw the Kazak fight back to win 3-0 on the judges’ scorecards. It was a similar story in the last bout of the night where Oralbay won the final round on four judges’ cards to secure the narrowest of 3-2 victories.

Speaking via an interpreter in the mixed zone after her welterweight victory, Abikeyev said: “Today is the final. I set a personal goal before Liverpool to become a two-time world champion. Thank God, I reached it. This is the first one. This is for my grandfather. Thanks for the support, Kazakhstan.”

Other countries which won gold medals on the day included India, Chinese Taipei, Brazil and Ireland – all of them coming in the women’s categories.

The day began with nine bouts in the afternoon session which saw victories for Kazakhstan’s Sanzhar Tashkenbay at flyweight (M50kg) and Makhmud Sabrykhan at bantamweight (M55kg), while Uzbekistan enjoyed success with wins for welterweight (65kg) Asadkhuja Muydinkhjaev, light-heavyweight Javokhir Ummataliev and heavyweight (W90kg) Turabek Khabibullaev.

The pick of the bouts was the women’s lightweight final between Brazil’s Rebecca De Lima Santos and Aneta Rygielska of Poland. The contest could have gone either way and hinged on a strong second round from the Brazilian, which managed to give her a big enough lead to weather a final round onslaught from the Pole and edge the result 3-2.

Another boxer to impress was Ireland’s Aoife O’Rourke, who took control of her middleweight final from first bell and was rarely troubled on route to a 5-0 win over Busra Isildar of Turkey.

O’Rourke said: “I feel incredible, it hasn’t even sunk in yet. Just the whole buzz and the atmosphere here is just, I’m overwhelmed with excitement, enjoyment, everything. It’s an amazing feeling and long may it last.”

The evening session featured nine more finals which were dominated by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The men’s lightweight final had all the makings of a classic as Brazil’s Luis De Oliveira clashed with Paris 2024 gold medallist Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan, however it was cut short when an accidental clash of heads led the ringside Doctor to halt the contest. It went to the judges’ who had Khalokov leading on every card and meant he has now won gold at both at the Olympic Games and the World Boxing Championships, without dropping a round.

For the home nation, it proved to be a frustrating final session as cruiserweight Teagn Stott and light-heavyweight, Emily Asquith, both lost their finals, however the overall competition has been a major success for the hosts that delivered a fantastic Championships in Liverpool and saw English boxers win five medals, including two for hometown boxers, Callum Makin and Odel Kamara, who lit up the tournament.

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “We could not have wished for a better place to host our inaugural World Boxing Championships and I would like to thank the Local Organising Committee and all of the event partners, GB Boxing, England Boxing, Liverpool City Council, UK Sport and the National Lottery for delivering a fantastic event.

“All of the feedback I have heard from boxers, coaches and officials this week has been very positive and everyone has been very happy with the organisation, staging and delivery of the event. It has been a festival of world class boxing and has set a very high standard for all future World Boxing events and championships.”

A full list of the winners from the final two days of action is:

Weight Class	Gold	Silver
Women
48kg	Minakshi Minakshi (IND)	Nazym Kyzaibay (KAZ)
51kg	Alua Balkibekova (KAZ)	Buse Naz Cakiroglu (TUR)
54kg	Hsiao-Wen Huang (TPE)	Yoseline Perez (USA)
	Jaismine Jaismine (IND)	Julia Szeremeta (POL)
60kg	Ebeca De Lima Santos (BRA)	Aneta Rygielska (KAZ)
65kg	Aida Abikeyeva (KAZ)	Navbakhor Khamidova (UZB)
70kg	Natalya Bogdovana (KAZ)	Lekeisha Pergoliti (ITA)
75kg	Aoife O’Rourke (IRE)	Busra Isildar (TUR)
80kg	Eseta Flint (AUS)	Emily Asquith (ENG)
80kg+	Agata Kaczmarska (POL)	Nupur Nupur (IND)
Men
50kg	Sanzhar Tashkenbay (KAZ)	Battulga Aldarkhishig (MGL)
55kg	Makhmud Sabrykhan (KAZ)	Rafael Lozano Serrano (ESP)
60kg	Abdumalik Khalokov (UZB)	Luis De Oliveira (BRA)
65kg	Asadkhuja Muydinkhjaev (UZB)	Yuri Falcao (BRA)
70kg	Torekhan Sabryrkhan (KAZ)	Sewonrets Okazawa (JPN)
75kg	Fazliddin Erkinboev (UZB)	Rami Kiwan (BUL)
80kg	Javokhir Ummataliev (UZB)	Yojerlin Cesar (FRA)
85kg	Akmaijon Isroiliv (UZB)	Teagn Stott (ENG)
90kg	Turabek Khabibullaev (UZB)	Isaisas Filho (BRA)
90kg+	Aibek Oralbay (KAZ)	Jakhongir Zokirov (UZB)

The final medal table can be viewed HERE.

RESULTS:

All of today’s results are available at: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/competition-documents.

PHOTOS:

A free photo gallery of images from every session is available. Images can be downloaded directly for free – https://www.flickr.com/photos/203447206@N02/albums

SOCIAL MEDIA:

World Boxing will be posting updates throughout the competition on its social media channels:

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing/
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Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing

INFORMATION:

The official draw and all results and additional information can be found on the event’s official website: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/competition-documents.

WATCH:

The World Boxing Championships 2025 was livestreamed on World Boxing’s website via Eurovision Sport (available in selected territories). Bouts can be watched back at https://worldboxing.org/watch-the-world-boxing-championships/.

The World Boxing Championships 2025 was organised and delivered by a Local Organising Committee made up of a range of partners that includes GB Boxing, England Boxing, Liverpool City Council and the M&S Bank Arena, with the support of the National Lottery and UK Sport. Event partners are Sting, Nike Boxing, Brabners, Queensberry Promotions, Movember, the Liverpool Bid Company and Visit Liverpool.

Jaismine, Erkinboev and Kaczmarska land first three gold medals at World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool

September 13, 2025

Fazliddin Erkinboev of Uzbekistan and Jaismine Jaismine of India and became the first male and female boxers to win gold medals at the World Boxing Championships 2025 in an action-packed penultimate night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Jaismine was first to strike gold as she defeated Poland’s number one seed Julia Szeremeta in a high-class featherweight (W57kg) final.

Erkinboev followed soon after as he also defeated the number one seed in his weight class, Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria, to secure the men’s middleweight (W75kg) crown.

Following the final bout of the evening, the pair were joined by Poland’s Agata Kaczmarska who defeated Nupur Nupur of India in the women’s heavyweight (W80kg) final.

Speaking in the mixed zone, after becoming the first ever World Boxing Champion, Jaismine said: “I really feel very good. This is my first ever medal and also, I become a world champion, so it’s a great feeling for me. All I can do is that my only motive is that I have to make my country proud.

“And because of our coaches, because of our federation and because of our supporting staff, that’s why I win today.”

The three finals concluded an evening session which started with 10 semi-finals in the women’s flyweight (W51kg), light-middleweight (W70kg) and light-heavyweight (W80kg+) weight classes and the men’s light-middleweight (M70kg) and cruiserweight (M85kg) categories.

First up at flyweight was the number one seed Buse Naz Cakiroglu who has been one of most consistent boxers in the competition. And the Turk did not disappoint as she secured a 4-1 victory over Feruza Kazakova of Uzbekistan to set-up a final against Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan.

At light-middleweight Torekhan Sabyrkhan of Kazakhstan overcame a sustained onslaught from England’s Odel Kamara to edge a 4-1 victory, much to the disappointment of the home crowd.

Kamara started strongly and seemed to be connecting frequently in the second round, but the judges’ saw it differently scored both the second and third in favour of the Kazak who will box Japan’s Sewonrets Okazawa in tomorrow’s final.

Sadly, for the home nation, the women’s light-middleweight semi, which featured another England versus Kazakhstan match-up followed a similar pattern. England’s Chantelle Reid started the better of the two, to take the first round on three of the judges’ cards, but Natalya Bogdanova gradually fought her way back in the fight and edged it on a narrow 3-2 split.

Bogdanova will meet the Australian number one seed Lekeisha Pergoliti who looked impressive in her unanimous 5-0 win over Kazakhstan’s Aziza Zokirova.

After two narrow losses in the men and women’s light-middleweight semis, the home nation finally got some joy at cruiserweight when Teagn Stott defeated Ukraine’s Danylo Zhasan.

Boxing in front Ukraine’s legendary world heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, who is in Liverpool for the Championships, Zhasan, struggled to get to grips with Stott’s sharp jab. And though he rallied in the third, it was not enough to disrupt the Englishman who managed the fight well to run out a 4-1 winner and set-up a final with Uzbekistan’s Akmaijon Isroiliv.

The final semi of the evening session was in the women’s light-heavyweight division where wins for England’s Emily Asquith and Australia’s Eseta Flint will see them meet in tomorrow’s final.

Earlier in the day, the first session featured 14 semi-finals in the women’s light-flyweight (W48kg), bantamweight (W54kg) and middleweight (W75kg) and the men’s flyweight (M50kg) bantamweight weight (M55kg) welterweight (M65kg) and light-heavyweight (M80kg) divisions.

At light-flyweight the bouts went to form with victories for Kazakhstan’s number one seed, Nazym Kyzaibay, and the number three seed from India, Minakshi Minakshi. The pair will meet in tomorrow’s final.

The bantamweight category saw two unanimous 5-0 victories for the Yoseline Perez of the USA and Chinese Tapiei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang, in sprang a minor surprise in defeating the number two seed and Paris 2024 medallist, Aeji Im of Korea. Huang and Perez in the final in tomorrow’s early session.

A see-sawing middleweight clash between Ireland’s Aoife O’Rourke and China’s Lima Wang was one of the most entertaining bouts of the early session and could have gone either way until a decisive final round from the Irish boxer have her a 4-0 victory. 2024 Olympian, O’Rourke will meet Busra Isildar of Turkey in the final after she overcame Australia’s Emma Greentree.

In the men’s flyweight contests a shoot-out of the top four seeds saw Kazakhstan’s Sanzhar Tashkenbay overcome Alejando Claro Fiz of Cuba and Mongolia’s Battuga Aldarkhishig get the better of Soushi Makino of Japan.

The Kazak team enjoyed more success at bantamweight as Makhmud Sabyrkhan secured a unanimous 5-0 victory over Chuang Liu of China to set-up a final with Spain’s Rafael Lozano Serrano who defeated Ireland’s Patsy Joyce in the second semi-final.

Boxing off the backfoot, Joyce had looked in charge after a strong first round, but the Spaniard came back strongly in the second before nicking a cagey final round on three of the five judges’ cards to secure a razor thin 3-2 victory.

The first welterweight semi-final was one of the most eagerly awaited bouts of the day as Cuba’s Paris 2024 gold medallist, Erislandy Alvarez, met Brazil’s highly rated Yuri Falcao. Both boxers showed their full range of skills, but it was the Brazilian who did the more eye-catching work take the fight 4-0.

Falcao will face Uzbekistan’s Asadhkuja Muydinkhujaev in the final, who was given a walkover after his Georgian opponent pulled out with a hand injury.

The last two bouts of the morning saw victories for Javokhir Ummataliev of Uzbekistan and France’s Yojerlin Cesar at light-heavyweight. They will meet in Sunday’s final.

Tomorrow will see 17 finals over two sessions of boxing, which start at 12:00 BST and 18:00 BST. Over the day ten men and ten women will be crowned World Boxing Champions.

RESULTS:

All of today’s results are available at: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/competition-documents.

INFORMATION:

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.

WATCH:

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/.

LIVE SCORING:

Fans can stay up to date with all of the action in every session of boxing with live scoring at https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/live-schedule-results

PHOTOS:

A free photo gallery of images from every session is available. Images can be downloaded directly for free – https://www.flickr.com/photos/203447206@N02/albums

SOCIAL MEDIA:

World Boxing will be posting updates throughout the competition on its social media channels:

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing/
X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing

Sixteen boxers secure a place in the final and chance to box for gold as semi-finals get underway at World Boxing Championships 2025

September 12, 2025

BRAZIL’s Rebeca De Lima Santos became the first boxer to secure a place in the final of the World Boxing Championships when she defeated Viktoriya Grafeyeva of Kazakhstan in their lightweight (W60kg) semi-final.

She will meet Aneta Rygielska in the final after the Pole defeated Chengyu Yang of China on a razor thin 3-2 split after a fantastic contest which concluded the afternoon session of boxing at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Speaking in the mixed zone after her victory, De Lima Santos said: “I feel amazing. This is where I planned to be, what I was working for. And as I said to you, I’m coming for the gold.

“It was all planned, I had a conversation with my team. We prepared for this. We’ve been through a lot this year. I had a rough beginning, this year I lost at home at the World Boxing Cup Foz Do Iguacu, and I put in my mind that I was never going to let it happen again. And since then, I’ve been working a lot. And I deserve this, and I deserve my gold.

“I don’t think I changed my boxing, but I changed my mentality and what I’m doing with my boxing, I changed my mentality to get 100% off my boxing. Don’t let anybody out boxing me. So, this is happening and I’m happy with my progress.”

The Brazilian’s victory was followed by 14 more semi-finals in the evening session which began with a bout of contrasting styles as Columbia’s Valeria Arboleda Mendoza took on Paris 2024 silver medallist, Julia Szeremeta of Poland at featherweight (W57kg).

Although the Polish number one seed deployed her skilful footwork and persistent switching to try and confuse her opponent, she did not have it all her own way but did enough to win on a split decision. She will meet India’s Jaismine Jaismine in the final on Saturday night.

The first welterweight (W65kg) semi saw a terrific tussle between Ireland’s Grainne Walsh and Aida Abiikeyeva with both boxers repeatedly landing over three hard fought rounds. In the end, the judges felt the Kazakh did the better work and handed her a victory that was much closer than the unanimous scoreline might suggest. Abikeyeva will meet Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan in Sunday’s final.

In the women’s heavyweight (80kg+), one seed, Nupur Nupur of India, advanced to the finals via a comfortable 5:0 decision against Türkiye’s Seyma Duztas. It wasn’t to be for the second seed, Kazakhstan’s Yeldana Talipova, however, who suffered a defeat to Poland’s Agata Kaczmarska. It was the third win on a successful for day for the nation.

The men’s lightweight competition gave the crowd another opportunity to see Paris 2024 gold medallist, Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan, who is yet to lose a round in Liverpool.

However, it was cut short in round two when the referee stopped the contest after an accidental clash of heads with his opponent Shunsuke Kitamoto of Japan. The bout went to the cards where Khalokov was leading with five judges to secure another unanimous victory.

He will meet Brazil’s Luis Oliveira in what promises to be a mouthwatering final on Sunday night.

At middleweight it was the battle of the southpaws as number one seed and Paris Olympian Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria clashed with local favourite, Callum Makin.

Round one saw Kiwan use his long reach to try and take control with the jab, while Makin frequently countered by doubling up his own jab. A point deduction for Makin in round two saw the Bulgarian take the upper hand and he saw the fight out in the third to secure a unanimous victory and set-up a final with Uzbekistan’s Fazliddin Erkinboev.

Two upsets followed at men’s heavyweight with the favourite, Loren Berto Alfonso Domingues of Azerbaijan, falling short to Brazil’s Isaias Santos Ribeiro Filho in a thrilling bout. The Brazilian unanimously won the first round before narrowly losing the next two rounds while doing just enough to maintain a 3:2 win.

Filho will meet Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev in the final, who defeated the number two seed, Enmanuel Reyes Pla of Spain, with a 4:1 decision.

The super heavyweights once again delivered exciting action to bring the day to a close. Uzbekistan’s Jakhongir Zokirov put on a clinic to beat China’s Danabieke Bayikewuzi in a unanimous decision. There were multiple counts for Bayikewuzi who performed admirably in the face of a dominant performance from the 22-year-old Uzbek.

Zokirov will face Kazakhstan’s Aibek Oralbay who won a fascinating session finale fight against Cuba’s iconic Julio Cesar La Cruz. The first round had Oralbay ahead by one, before he unanimously took the second leaving too much work for Cuba’s star to do in the third. La Cruz did his best, even earning a count from the referee on his opponent and taking the final round, but the points didn’t swing back enough meaning the two-time Olympic gold medallist departs the competition with a bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, the quarter finals were brought to a close with 12 quarter finals in the women’s light-flyweight (W48kg) competition and the men’s bantamweight (55kg) and cruiserweight (M85kg) divisions.

The light-flyweight competition saw the first and third seeds, Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan and India’s Minakshi Minakshi progress to the semis whilst the second and fourth seeds, Hikaru Shinohara of Japan and Italy’s crashed out of the competition.

At bantamweight, Cuba’s number one seed, Alejando Claro Fiz started slowly and had to fight of a spirited performance by Turkey’s Samet Gamus to scrape into the next round 3-2,

It was the same for number three seed, Soushi Makino of Japan who did just enough to edge out Uzbekistan’s Shodiyorjon Melikuziev in one of the best bouts of the session on the narrowest of splits.

At cruiserweight, Teagn Stott impressed with a second round stoppage of Bulgaria’s Semion Boldirev to secure the home nation’s fifth medal of Championships.

Stott started strongly using his sharp jab to good effect and inflicted a standing count on his opponent in the first. He delivered two more standing counts in round two before the referee decided he had seen enough and called the contest off. Stott will face Ukraine’s Danylo Zhasan in the semi-finals.

Tomorrow’s two sessions will see 24 more semi-finals and the first three finals of the competition in the women’s featherweight and heavyweight categories and the men’s middleweight division.

RESULTS:

All of today’s results are available at: https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/competition-documents.

INFORMATION:

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.

WATCH:

LIVE SCORING:

Fans can stay up to date with all of the action in every session of boxing with live scoring at https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/live-schedule-results

PHOTOS:

A free photo gallery of images from every session is available. Images can be downloaded directly for free – https://www.flickr.com/photos/203447206@N02/albums

SOCIAL MEDIA:

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Six boxers selected to sit on World Boxing’s Athletes Committee

September 12, 2025

Six athletes have been selected to serve on World Boxing’s Athletes Committee following elections at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.

The new Athletes Committee is made up of Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (Turkey), Caitlin Parker (Australia), Daniel Pitt (Wales), Richard Torrez Jr. (USA), Yojerlin Cesar (France) and Zareen Nikhat (India).

Parker and Torrez Jr. have previously served on the committee and were re-elected following the electoral process in Liverpool, which allowed every athlete attending the World Boxing Championships to vote. Çakıroğlu, Cesar and Nikhat have all competed at the World Boxing Championships this week.

Speaking on his re-election, Torrez Jr. said: “I’m incredibly happy to be back on the Athletes Commission, it is an honour, I’m just trying to give the voice for the athletes. I think it’s a crucial part of World Boxing because, at the end of the day, everything is about the athlete.

“I’m thankful for these elections because now we’re able to have a committee with different voices from different areas of the world. That’s incredibly important because what is my problem might not necessarily be the problem of someone in another continent.

“The first few years were about creating rules and regulations for World Boxing, and how we could get boxing back to the Olympics. I think these next couple of years are where the voice really is going to matter and how we can make boxing great.”

The Committee, which provides advice, guidance and opinions to World Boxing, is designed to ensure that boxers have a voice in the development of the organisation.

In addition to its role as a forum for discussing the needs of athletes, the group of six will nominate two of its members to serve as Athlete Representatives, who will be invited to attend and contribute directly to World Boxing Executive Board meetings and sessions of Congress.