2026

World Boxing Executive Board confirms timeline for elections at Congress 2026 and creation of a multi-year competition calendar

World Boxing has confirmed the timeline for elections at Congress 2026 and the creation of a multi-year competition calendar from 2027 following its latest Executive Board meeting.

They were among a series of decisions covering governance and sport and competitions made at the Executive Board meeting which also confirmed the details of World Boxing’s athlete neutrality (AIN) policy and endorsed membership applications from seven more National Federations.

The President of World Boxing, Gennadiy Golovkin, said: “I would like to thank all of my colleagues for their contributions at the latest Executive Board meeting which has seen World Boxing make significant  progress in a number of key areas covering governance, membership, and competitions and creating the best possible environment for boxers to succeed and perform at their best.

“As President, I am committed to ensuring that we continue to build on this progress and the achievements of recent months, as we seek to create a trusted, modern and professional International Federation that puts the interests of boxers first and fully meets the expectations of the Olympic Movement.”

The agreement on the timeline for elections at Congress 2026 means that nominations opened on 1 May 2026 and will run for three months until 1 August 2026. In line with World Boxing’s statutes, all nominations will then be vetted by an independent panel which will confirm the final list of candidates no later than 1 September 2026. 

Details of the nomination and election voting process are available HERE. The nominations form is available HERE. The elections will take place at the World Boxing Congress 2026 in Panama City on 20 November 2026.  

Seven positions on the Executive Board are up for election and include two Vice-President positions, two places on the Executive Board and the roles of Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Sports and Competition Committee and the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee.  

On sport and competitions, the Executive Board made a range of decisions covering planning and bidding, athlete welfare and the allocation of ranking points.

To support National Federations, the Executive Board approved a multi-year competition calendar for 2027 -2029 which is designed to provide greater clarity and enable countries to plan their competitive schedules at a critically important time in the Olympic cycle.

The calendar includes World Boxing Championships, World Boxing Cups, continental Games, Olympic qualifiers and the Olympic Games.  An outline structure of the 2027 – 29 calendar will be published shortly when the bidding process will be opened for National Federations to host competitions.

Following concerns raised about the incidence of cuts in men’s boxing and their subsequent impact on boxers’ability to complete competitions, the Executive Board has tasked the Sport and Competition Committee with looking into this issue and the potential re-introduction of protective headgear in elite male competitions.  The Committee will prepare a report and a proposal which will be voted on at Congress 2026.

The next meeting of World Boxing’s Executive Board will be 30 July 2026 during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.  

Endorsement of seven new applications takes membership ofWorld Boxing to 175 National Federations

The Executive Board of World Boxing has endorsed seven new membership applications from the National Federations for boxing in Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Curaçao, Gabon, Grenada, South Africa and Vanuatu.

The endorsements mean that World Boxing now has 175 member National Federations made-up of 123 ‘Full Members’, one ‘Associate Member’ and 51 ‘Endorsed Members’.

The Executive Board’s decision to endorse the applications from Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Gabon, Grenada, South Africa and Vanuatu means that all six countries will be able to compete in the boxing competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games this summer, which will be held under World Boxing’s rules.

To secure the endorsement of the Executive Board, all seven National Federations have completed a rigorous application process and are deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and operating processes, able to demonstrate a transparent and open election process for the appointment of office bearing roles; showcase the existence and operation of WADA-recognsied anti-doping polices and processes; and provide evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals process that is either fully independent or subject to external input.

The seven new National Federation members are:

• Antigua and Barbuda Boxing Association

• Cameroon Boxing Federation

• Curaçao Boxing Association.

• La Fédération Gabonaise de Boxe

• Boxing Association of Grenada Inc

• South African National Boxing Organisation

• Vanuatu Boxing Federation

Under World Boxing Statutes HERE the seven new National Federations have ‘Endorsed Member’ status which means they are able to compete in World Boxing competitions but cannot vote at Congress 2026 as they do not have ‘Full Member’ status.

‘Full Member’ status can only be conferred by Congress, which is the ultimate authority of World Boxing, and will be voted on at the next World Boxing Congress in Panama on 20 November 2026. ‘Endorsed Members’ that are successful in having their membership applications ratified at this Congress and become ‘Full Members’ will be able to vote at the following year’s Congress in 2027 and all those thereafter.

Lists of the 124 National Federations that have ‘Full Member’ or ‘Associate Member’ status and the 51 National Federations that are ‘Endorsed Member’ can viewed be in the membership section of the World Boxing website HERE.

World Boxing was launched in April 2023. 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 confirms details of AIN procedure that will allow boxers from Russia and Belarus to take part in its competitions

World Boxing has confirmed the details of its new AIN procedure – ‘Athlètes Individuels Neutres’ (Individual Neutral Athletes) – which will be used to determine the basis on which athletes, coaches, support staff and officials from Russia and Belarus will be permitted to participate in international competitions organised by World Boxing, its Continental Confederation for Europe, European Boxing, or international competitions organised by World Boxing member National Federations.

It means that delegations from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate with national flags, uniforms or anthems and will have to pass a detailed vetting process to be able to take part in World Boxing events.

The AIN procedure was approved by the Executive Board of World Boxing at its most recent meeting in April 2026 and reflects the approach taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  It has been developed following the decision by the Executive Board of World Boxing, at its previous meeting in March 2026, to endorse membership applications from the Belarussian Boxing Federation and the Russian Boxing Federation that will allow their boxers to compete in World Boxing events.

Key details of the AIN procedure are:

Flags:

  • There will be no use of the country or National Federation flag during the competition
  • If a boxer from an AIN country wins a gold medal, the national anthem will not be played
  • If a boxer from an AIN country wins a medal, the AIN logo will be used on a flag in the medal ceremony
  • The boxers will be represented on television graphics and all competition information as AIN
  • This will be applied at all age category events directly organised by World Boxing or European Boxing

Uniforms:

  • Boxers will appear with AIN on their vests and not RUS or BLR
  • The logo of the National Federation or the country will not be permitted to appear anywhere on a boxer’s uniform
  • Coaches, support staff and Team Officials will have to wear neutral uniforms which will have to be submitted to World Boxing prior to the competition for validation
  • From arrival until departure, not a single member of the AIN delegation will be permitted to wear any item that features their country or National Federation’s flag or logo in any competition setting, including the entry check, draw, weigh-in or technical meeting
  • This will be applied at all age category events organised by World Boxing, European Boxing or International Events organised by national federations where national teams participate.

Eligibility and Vetting:

  • Athlete entries by Russia and Belarus must be made directly to the World Boxing Sport Department and not directly through the online entry system for the event, however the deadlines in the invitation package will still apply and will not be modified
  • World Boxing will work with an expert, independent third party to conduct a series of checks on all athletes from Russia and Belarus that are entered into its competitions to ensure they do not have a history of supporting the war in Ukraine, are not paid by the military or security forces, are not members of clubs linked to the army or police force and have not participated in any events organised by The International Military Sports Council (CISM) since the start of the war in Ukraine
  • The cost of the vetting process for each athlete will be covered by the National Federation for Russia or Belarus and must be paid in advance of their participation in the competition
  • The vetting process will apply to all male and female athletes at Elite World Boxing competition, but will not apply to U19 or younger athletes
  • The vetting process will also apply to coaches and support staff that will be assisting male and female boxers at Elite and U19 competitions and the costs of this will also be paid by the National Federations
  • Technical Officials (TO) from the two countries will be treated as any other TO and vetted in line with World Boxing’s existing processes; additional checks may be conducted on TOs, but this will not be at the cost of the National Federation as the TO is not representing their country. Currently there are no Technical Officials accredited from the two countries.
  • If the vetting process for any individual produces a result that is not clear or raises further questions, a commission appointed by World Boxing’s Executive Board will review the case
  • The decision of the commission will be final and not open to appeal unless new information is provided 

The AIN procedure has been introduced with immediate effect following the decision of World Boxing’s Executive Board and the Secretary General has written to the Belarussian Boxing Federation and the Russian Boxing Federation to provide them with details of the procedure and how it will be implemented. 

Home nation tops medal table at ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’ with four golds and five silver medals

After seven days of thrilling action and more than 300 bouts, the home nation Brazil finished top of the medal table at the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’.

The hosts enjoyed four victories on the final day of action at the Rafain Palace Hotel & Convention Centre which saw Luiz Oliveira (M60kg), Yuri Falcao (M65kg), Wanderley Pereira (M80kg) and Isaias Filho (M90kg) all finish on top of the podium with gold medals.

It was not all glory for the home nation though, as five members of the team had to settle for silver on a day when Brazil contested an astonishing nine finals.

In the men’s categories, light-middleweight (M70kg) Kaian Reis, and middleweight (M75kg) Thauan Silva, lost unanimously to Poland’s Damian Durkacz and Saidjamshid Jafarov of Azerbaijan respectively while Kaue Belini went down 4-1 to Kazakhstan’s Sultanbek Aibaruly at cruiserweight (M85kg).

It was the same story in the women’s weights where lightweight (W60kg) world champion Rebecca Santos lost on a 4:1 split to Kazakhstan’s Viktoriya Grafeyeva and at middleweight (W75kg) where Barabara Santos was unanimously outpointed by Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad, who won her fourth consecutive World Boxing Cup gold medal.

After Brazil, the next best performing nation was China which won all four of its finals on the last day of competition. 

In the women’s weights, flyweight (W51kg) Xinyu Qi scored a 4:1 victory over France’s Romane Moulai and at bantamweight Yunman Gan (W54kg) edged a razor-thin 3:2 split over Sara Cirkovic of Serbia. Up at middleweight (W70kg) Liu Yang was more comfortable as she unanimously outpointed 2025 World Boxing Championship silver medallist, Lekeisha Pergoliti, of Australia.

The Chinese gold in the men’s weights went to Jiamao Zhang at bantamweight (M55kg) who won by walkover as Spain’s Rafael Lozano Serrano was forced to withdraw from the competition.

Third and fourth place in the medal table went to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan which both had three winners on the final day of competition.

Kazakhstan’s third gold medal went to Valeriya Axenova, who defeated Hungary’s Zsofia Szira at heavyweight (W80kg) to emulate the achievements of her teammates, Viktoriya Grafeyeva and Sultanbek Aibaruly. For Azerbaijan, flyweight (M51kg), Subhan Mamedov, and super-heavyweight (M90kg+), Mahammad Abdullayev, joined teammate Saidjamshid Jafarov at the top of the podium.

The only other countries to win more than one final on the last day were Uzbekistan and Poland, which finished with two golds.  Venezuela, Norway and Hungary each had a single gold medallist.

All of the results from the competition and other information including daily schedules and the draw is available HERE.  All of the action from the competition can be viewed on the Confederação Brasileira de Boxe YouTube channel, available HERE.

The full list of all the medallists from the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’ is below:

WeightGoldSilverBronze
Women’s weights
W48kgFarzona Fozilova UZBFatima Herrera MEXMarta Lopez Del Arbol ESP
Tatiana Flores ARG
W51kg  Xinyu Qi CHN  Romane Moulai FRAAlua Balkibekova KAZ
Noelle Haro USA
W54kgYunman Gan CHN  Sara Cirkovic SRBLauren Mackie ENG
Widad Bertal MAR
W57kgOmailyn Alcala VEN  Kukhta Vladislava HUNShih Yi Wu TPE
Delfina Arancibia ARG
W60kgViktoriya Grafeyeva KAZRebeca Santos BRAYu Tian CHN
Aneta Rygielska POL
W65kgNavbakhor Khamidova UZBAida Abikeyeva KAZOshin Derieuw BEL
Sacha Hickey ENG
W70kgLiu Yang CHNLekeisha Pergoliti AUSIsabella Winkler USA
Barbara Marcinkowska POL
W75kgSunniva Hofstad NORBarbara Santos BRABusra Isildar TUR
Emma Sue Greentree AUS
W80kgEmilia Koterska POLSofia Sørensen NORZhibek Zharaskyzy KAZ
N/A
W80kg+Valeriya Axenova KAZZsofia Szira HUNN/A
N/A
Men’s weights
M50gSubhan Mamedov AZEIssam Bensayar MARMartin Molina Salvador ESP
Anvarzhan Khodzhiev KGZ
M55kg  Jiamao Zhang CHNRafael Lozano Serrano ESPYasen Radev BUL
Rui Yamaguchi JPN
M60kgLuiz Oliveira BRASalim Ellis Bey USALounes Hamraoui FRA
Keoma Al Ahmadieh CAN
M65kgYuri Falcao BRAShion Nishiyama JPNGabriel Labrie CAN
Alexandru Paraschiv MDA
M70kgDamian Durkacz POLKaian Reis BRANabi Isgandarov AZE
Makan Traore FRA
M75kgSaidjamshid Jafarov AZEThauan Silva BRAMateusz Urban POL
Gabriele Guidi Rontani ITA
M80kgWanderley Pereira BRAGabrijel Veočić CROJosh Ofori CAN
Dias Molzhigitov KAZ
M85kgSultanbek Aibaruly KAZKaue Belini BRAFares Deroiche AUT
Valerij Walter GER
M90kgIsaias Filho BRAEnmanuel Reyes Pla ESPDean Nwokedi Chime ITA
Emrah Yaşar TUR
M90kg+Mahammad Abdullayev AZEDavit Chaloyan ARMJakhongir Zokirov UZB
Omar Shiha NOR

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Brazil dominates semi-final stage of ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’ with nine wins out of nine

Hosts Brazil enjoyed a triumphant sixth day at the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’as its boxers enjoyed victories in all nine of their semi-finals at the Rafain Palace Hotel & Convention Centre.

It means that two Brazilian women and seven men will contest tomorrow’s finals after the semi-finals wins for Rebeca Santos (W54kg), Barbara Santos (W75kg), Luis Oliviera (M60kg), Yuri Falcao (M65kg), Kaian Reis (M70kg), Thauan Silva (M75kg), Wanderley Pereira (M80kg), Kaue Belini (M85kg) and Isaias Filho (M90kg).

China will have the second most boxers in tomorrow’s finals with four, closely followed by Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan with three each.

On another day of top-class action, the highlight for China came in the women’s flyweight (W51kg) competition where world number four, Xinyu Qi, defeated the reigning world champion, Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan.

Another upset was at featherweight (W57kg) where Kukhta Vladislava of Hungary, who defeated the world number one Julia Szeremeta earlier in the competition, secured a 3:2 split decision victory over world number six and 2024 Olympian, Shih Yi Wu of Chinese Taipei. The Hungarian will meet the world number four, Omailyn Alcala of Venezuela, in the final.

At middleweight (W75kg), Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad made her fourth consecutive World Boxing Cup Final with a unanimous victory over Emma Sue Greentree of Australia where she will face home favourite, Barbara Santos.

In the men’s competition, Armenian super-heavyweight (M90kg+) Davit Chaloyan beat 2025 World Boxing Championship silver medallist, Jakhingir Zokirov of Uzbekistan, on a 3:2 split decision to set-up a final with Azerbaijan’s Mahammad Abdullayev who secured a unanimous win over Norway’s Omar Shiha.

The only other men’s finals that does not feature a Brazilian boxer will be at flyweight (M50kg) where Morocco’s Issam Bensayar will meet Subhan Mamedov of Azerbaijan. At bantamweight (M55kg), Jiamao Zhang of China will receive the gold medal via walkover as Spain’s World Boxing Championship silver medallist, Rafale Lozano Serrano, has been forced to withdraw.

The full schedule of tomorrow’s finals along with all of the results from today’s semi-final and the rest of the competition are available HERE. 

The finals will take part in a single ring set up with 19 bouts over two sessions of boxing (as the men’s bantamweight final will not go ahead). 

The sessions start at 11:00 and 16:00 (local time).

All of the action will be livestreamed on the Confederação Brasileira de Boxe YouTube channel, available HERE.

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

• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing/

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing

• X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

Home nation tops the medal count table with nine as ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026’ heads into the semi-final stages

Home nation Brazil is top of the medal count table after the completion of the quarter finals at the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’ which saw an action packed day of 55 medal bouts at the Rafain Palace Hotel & Convention Centre.

Brazil were the big winners on the day and are guaranteed to finish with nine medals after victories for Rebeca Santos (W54kg), Luis Oliviera (M60kg), Kaue Belini (M85kg), Yuri Falcao (M65kg), Thauan Silva (M75kg), Kaian Reis (M70kg) and Wanderley Pereira (M80kg) added to the two wins in the previous day’s quarter finals for Barbara Santos (W75kg) and Isaias Filho (M90kg).

The next best performing nations are Kazakhstan and China, which are both guaranteed five medals at the tournament.

The standout performances for Kazakhstan came from its women with three unanimous 5:0 wins for Viktoriya Grafeyva (W60kg), Aida Abikeyeva (W65kg) and Alua Balkibekova (W51kg). In the men’s weights, Sultanbek Aibaruly progressed at cruiserweight (M85kg) and Dias Molzhigitov, edged a narrow 3-2 split against England’s Dimeji Shittu at light-heavyweight.

For China the performance of the day came in the women’s middleweight category (W75kg) where world number four Liu Yang secured a narrow 3:2 split decision victory over Turkiye’s 2020 Olympic Champion, Busenaz Surmeneli.

Other Chinese winners on the day included unanimous victories for Yu Tian (W60kg) and JiamaoZhang (M55kg), whilst Xinyu Qi edged a 4:1 split against Yasmine Mouttaki of Morocco at flyweight (W51kg).

It has set-up a fantastic day of semi-final action that will take place on Saturday 25 April 2026 with a number of mouthwatering clashes, featuring many the leading boxers from the recently updated World Boxing Rankings.

The women’s lightweight (W60kg) division features two potential classics that will see Aneta Rygielska of Poland go up against Kazakhstan’s Viktoriya Grafeyeva in a battle between boxers ranked two and three in the world respectively. The winner will meet either Brazil’s world champion, Rebeca Santos, or China’s Yu Tian who will battle it out in the other half the draw.

The female middleweight (W75kg) category is also sure to be fiercely contested with one semi-final featuring a clash between Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad, who won three World Boxing Cup gold medals in 2025, and Australia’s Emma Sue Greentree who secured a bronze at the 2025 World Boxing Championships. The other side of the draw will see number one seed, Busra Isildar of Turkiye face home nation favourite, Barbara Santos.

In the men’s weights, the heavyweight category (M90kg) will see a clash between boxers ranked four and six in the world when Emrah Yasar of Turkiye and Spain’s Enmanuel Reyes Pla face off.  They will meet either Isaias Filho of Brazil or Italy’s Dean Nwokedi Chime from the other semi-final.

At super-heavyweight (M90kg+), the 2025 World Boxing Championship silver medallist from Uzbekistan, Jakhongir Zokirov, will face Armenia’s Davit Chaloyan in one semi.  Ahammad Abdullayev of Azerbaijan and Norway’s Omar Shiha will box for the right to meet them in the other.

The draw, schedule, and all of today’s results are available HERE. 

Tomorrow’s sessions will start at 15:00 and 21:00 local time. All of the action from every day of competition will be livestreamed on the Confederação Brasileira de Boxe YouTube channel, available HERE.

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

• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing/

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing

• X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

Twelve women and four men secure bronze medals on day four of the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’

Twelve women and four men have become the first boxers to guarantee themselves a medal on day four of the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’.

On a day of 48 bouts, the second session featured 16 quarter finals, which saw boxers from Spain, Argentina, England, Serbia, Brazil, Australia, Uzbekistan, Mexico, China, Morocco, Turkiye and Norway guarantee themselves at least a bronze medal.

In the women’s light-flyweight (W48kg) competition, Uzbekistan’s number one seed Farzona Fozilova beat Wissal Fakhir of Morocco on a 4:1 split decision and will meet Spain’s Marta Lopez Del Arbol in the semi-final.  In the other half of the draw, Fatima Herrera of Mexico stopped Japan’s Yuka Sadamatsu to set-up a semi-final with the Argentinian number two seed Tatiana Flores.

The women’s bantamweight division saw a series of surprises as China’s Yunman Gan scored a 4:1 split decision victory over the USA’s World Boxing Championship bronze medallist, Yoseline Perez while Morocco’s Widad Bertal defeated Polish world number seven, Wiktoria Rogalinksa 3:0. 

Yunman Gan will meet England’s Lauren Mackie in her semi-final, after she defeated Canada’s Scarlett Delgado. Bertal will face Sara Cirkovic of Serbia in the other half of the draw following her 5:0 win over Ireland’s 2024 Olympian, Jennifer Lehane.

In the women’s middleweight (W75kg) division, Türkiye’s 2025 World Boxing Championship silver medallist, Busra Isildar, showed her pedigree with a commanding victory over Uruguay’s Marvelis Yriza to guarantee a bronze medal and set-up a semi-final with home favourite Barbara Santos who outpointed Italy’s Melissa Gemini.

In the other half of the draw, Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad maintained her great record in World Boxing Cups to guarantee at least a bronze, with a unanimous win over China’s Yashu Zhu. She will meet the world bronze medallist Emma Sue Greentree in the semi-final after the Australina narrowly outpointed (3:2) Poland’s 2025 World Boxing Champion at heavyweight (W80kg+), Agata Kaczsmarska, who has recently move down to middleweight.

The men’s heavyweight division (M90kg) saw three 5:0 unanimous victories for World Boxing silver medallist Isaias Filho of Brazil, Spain’s Enmanual Reyes Pla and Emrah Yasar of Turkiye. The other quarter final saw Italy’s Dean Nwokedi Chime progress to the next round via a walkover after England’s Teagn Stott pulled out of the competition. The Italian will face Filho in his semi-final, while Yasar and Reyes Pla battle it out in the other half of the draw.

Elsewhere, the schedule saw the round of 16 come to a close in the women’s flyweight (W51kg) and welterweight (W65kg) divisions and the men’s bantamweight (M55kg) and welterweight (M65kg) classes.

The action saw Kazakhstan’s world number one and two progress through to the next round in the women’s classes as Alua Balkibekova (W51kg) defeated Bulgaria’s Zlatislava Chuckanova and Aida Abikeyeva (W65kg) secured a unanimous win over Viktorie Jilkova of Czechia. 

The draw, schedule, and all of today’s results are available HERE. 

Tomorrow will see 110 boxers compete to guarantee a medal in 55 quarter final bouts. The first session will feature action in the women’s flyweight (W51kg) and welterweight (W65kg) categories. The men will face off at flyweight (M50kg), welterweight (M65kg), middleweight (M75kg), light-heavyweight (M80kg) and super-heavyweight (M90kg+).

In the evening session the women will compete at featherweight (W57kg), lightweight (W60kg) and light-middleweight (W70kg) while the men box for a medal in the bantamweight (M55kg), lightweight (M60kg) and light-middleweight (M70kg) divisions. There will be three quarter-finals at cruiserweight (M85kg) where there are seven entries.

The sessions will start at 15:00 and 21:00 local time. All of the action from every day of competition will be livestreamed on the Confederação Brasileira de Boxe YouTube channel, available HERE.

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

• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing/

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing

• X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

Brazil and China lead the way with five wins each on day three of ‘World Boxing Cup –Brazil 2026,Foz DoIguaça’

Day three of the ‘World Boxing Cup – Brazil 2026, Foz Do Iguaça’ saw the hosts and China take centre stage as both finished with five wins each.

On a day which saw 52 more bouts across the men and women’s weight classes, the home nation showcased its strength in depth, as two boxers that won medals at last year’s World Boxing Championships entered the tournament

At lightweight division (M60kg) world silver medallist, Luis Oliviera (M60kg) secured a routine unanimous victory over Uruguay’s Luca Fernadez, while in the women’s category (W60kg) world champion, Rebeca Santos, had to work much harder to edge a 3:2 win over Gizem Ozer of Turkey.

Other Brazilian winners included middleweight (M75kg) Thauan Silva, light-heavyweight (M80kg) Wanderley Pereira and light-middleweight, Vivianne Pereira who defeated Australia’s, World Boxing Championship silver medallist, Lekeisha Pergoloti in the women’s light-middleweight (W70kg) category.

It was one of two big surprises in the women’s light-middleweight division, which also saw the reigning world champion, Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan, lose 4:0 to Türkiye’s Busenaz Surmeneli, who has moved-up from the W65kg category, where she was ranked number four in the world.

Not to be outdone by the hosts, China equalled Brazil’s achievement of five wins on the day with victories for bantamweight (W54kg) Yunma Gan, lightweight (W60kg) Yu Tian and light-middleweight (W70kg) Liu Yang in the women’s competition, and lightweight Jiabao Yuan (M60kg) and light-heavyweight (M80kg) Hao Ran Do in the men’s weights.

The draw, schedule, and all of today’s results are available HERE. 

The action continues tomorrow with 48 bouts across two sessions and includes 16 quarter finals in the evening session at light-flyweight (W48kg), bantamweight (W54kg), middleweight (W75kg) for women and heavyweight (M90kg) for men.

The sessions will start at 15:00 and 21:00 local time. All of the action from every day of competition will be livestreamed on the Confederação Brasileira de Boxe YouTube channel, available HERE.

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