2026

The Executive Board of World Boxing met in Glasgow today to review progress across a wide range of strategic, sporting and governance matters as the International Federation continues its preparations for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 and the further development of boxing worldwide.

A key focus of the meeting, hosted by President Gennadiy Golovkin and Secretary General Tom Dielen, was the allocation of major international competitions for the 2027–2029 cycle, including the Olympic qualification pathway for LA2028. 

The Executive Board reviewed the proposed hosts for the continental qualification tournaments in 2027 and the two World Qualification Tournaments in 2028, with hosting agreements now progressing for almost all qualifying events.

With the next World Championships taking place in Asia, the ExCo decided that the best bids for the two Olympic World Qualifier events came from Italy and Hungary.

The approved hosts are:

Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments:

• Americas – United States

• Asia – China

• Europe – European Games, Istanbul

• Oceania – Samoa (pending delivery of key documents in the coming weeks)

• Africa – Nigeria (pending delivery of key documents in the coming weeks)

World Qualification Tournaments

• World Qualification Tournament 1 – Italy

• World Qualification Tournament 2 – Hungary

Final hosting agreements will be completed over the coming months.

The Executive Board also reviewed preparations for the 2027 World Boxing Championships in Astana and the wider international competition calendar through to the end of the Los Angeles Olympic cycle. 

Beyond competition matters, the Board continued its work to strengthen the governance and long-term development of World Boxing.

Members received an update on preparations for the World Boxing Congress, which will be held in Panama in November 2026, including proposed amendments to the Statutes, committee structure, and election procedures.

The Executive Committee also reviewed:

• Progress on the ASOIF Governance Review Action Plan, which is proceeding at pace and is designed to further strengthen transparency, integrity, and governance throughout the organisation.

• Proposals to establish new commissions covering Governance, Remuneration, Para Boxing, Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Ambassadors & Global Impact.

• Applications from new National Federations and continued growth in World Boxing membership.

• The ExCo accepted that Russian athletes would now take part in World Boxing competitions like boxers from any other national federation. However, World Boxing will strictly monitor the behaviour of Russian delegations during events as well as compliance with anti-doping protocols. 

• Proposals for a new membership fee structure from 2027 onwards.

• Financial matters, including the audited 2025 accounts, the Finance and Audit Committee report, and the proposed budget for 2026–2029.

• Commercial and contractual developments, including procurement processes for future World Boxing events.

• Updates from the Medical Committee regarding athlete eligibility policies.

• Executive Committee calendar for the remainder of 2026.

Speaking after the meeting, World Boxing President Gennadiy Golovkin said: “Today’s discussions and decisions demonstrated the significant progress World Boxing continues to make both inside and outside the ring. From securing hosts for the Olympic qualification pathway to strengthening our governance, expanding our global membership and preparing for Congress, we are building an organisation that is stronger, more transparent and ready to deliver boxing’s successful future within the Olympic Movement.”

Speaking about the governance and eligibility work discussed at the meeting, Secretary General Tom Dielen added: “The ASOIF review confirmed what we had already flagged ourselves, and gave our working group some clear priorities to fix. As for Eligibility, we put a testing requirement in place before the IOC finalised its own approach, to remove uncertainty for our athletes. But having moved first, we want to continually review our process, which is why we are now collaborating closely with the IOC’s medical team.” 

England and India are joint top of the medal count table at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with 10 each after the second day of boxing quarter finals at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC).

A day of top-class boxing saw 28 men and women guarantee at least a bronze medal with bouts in the women’s flyweight (W51kg), featherweight (W57kg) and light-middleweight categories and the men’s lightweight (M60kg), light-middleweight (M70kg), light-heavyweight (M80kg) and super-heavyweight (M90kg+) competitions.

The top performing nations on the second day of quarter finals were India with six winners followed by England and Wales with four each. It means that 16 countries have won a medal in boxing at the Games.

The afternoon session featured two defending female champions as Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh and Rosie Eccles of Wales made their first appearances in the competition.

At featherweight (W57kg), Walsh showed all her experience in a comfortable win over Lara Brown of Scotland winning every round on all five judges’ scorecards to guarantee a fourth Commonwealth Games medal. She will be looking to change the colour when she meets Fiji’s Jasmine Daunakamakama in their semi-final on Friday.

Rosie Eccles was equally untroubled in her light-middleweight (W70kg) contest which was brought to a halt by the referee in round two after the Welshwoman inflicted two knockdowns on Samukelisiwe Sinothile Ncube of South Africa.

The 2022 champion can expect a more taxing contest in Friday’s semi-final, when she faces the world number two, Arundhati Choudhary of India, who overcame New Zealand’s Morgan Henderson on a 3:1 split.

The other female winners in the early afternoon session were Amber-Jane Wall of Canada and India’s, Sakshi Sakshi, who will face-off in their flyweight (W51kg) semi-final on Friday.

The men’s weights saw more success for India with wins for Sachin Sachin (M60kg), Ankush Ankush (M80kg) and Narender Narender (90kg+) to finish the first session with five wins.

Not far behind were Wales who saw Owain Harris-Allan defeat Scotland Nicholas Devlin at lightweight (M60kg) while Orlando Holley-Sotomi delivered a stunning first round knockout to progress at light-middleweight (M70kg) and secure Wales’s third victory of the afternoon.

The other male winners in the afternoon session were Merven Clair of Mauritius (M70kg), Nigel Paul from Trinidad and Tobago (90kg+) and Canada’s Joshua Ofori, who received a walkover.

England did not have any boxers in the afternoon session but enjoyed another strong evening with four wins for Ruby White (W51kg), Chantelle Reid (W70kg), Dimeji Shittu (M80kg) and Damar Thomas (M90kg+).

The team’s only reverse came at featherweight (W57kg) where Elise Glynn lost out to Indian world champion Jaismine Jaismine who required a strong last round to edge past her English opponent on a 4:1 split.

The other featherweight semi-final featured another historic moment as Rapelang Maselela became the first women from Lesotho in history to win a Commonwealth Games medal in any discipline. She will join her teammate Pooana Khoahli in Friday’s semi-final after his victory in yesterday’s welterweight (M65kg) quarter final.

Other winners in the evening session included Northern Ireland’s 2022 gold medallist, Jude Gallagher, who defeated Albert Ngulube of Zambia on a split decision at lightweight, and home favourite Sonny Kerr, who secured Scotland’s third boxing medal of the Games with a comfortable win at light-middleweight (M70kg) over Marion Ah Tong of Samoa. 

At light-heavyweight (M80kg), Australia’s Paul Trainor delivered a gritty performance and a strong final round to overcome Daniel Pitt of Wales and set-up a semi-final with England’s Dimeji Shittu.

The night ended with two super heavyweight (M90kg+) bouts, Northern Ireland’s William John McCartan comfortably outpoint Ghana’s Daniel Plange and England’s Damar Thomas overcome Aziz Abdul of Uganda.

Thomas dealt well with the unorthodox style of the Ugandan and was well ahead on the cards when the referee stepped-in in round three to disqualify Abdul for use of the head, following two previous warnings. Thomas will meet McCartan in Friday’s super-heavyweight semi-final.

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Tomorrow is a rest day in the boxing and the action will resume on Friday 31 July 2026 with 28 semi-finals across three sessions of boxing, starting at 10:30, 14:30 and 19:00 local time.

All the action will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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A historic fifth day of boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games saw 25 men and women secure medals as the quarter finals got underway in the women’s bantamweight (W54kg), lightweight (W60kg), welterweight (W65kg) and middleweight (W75kg) divisions and the men’s bantamweight (M54kg), welterweight (M65kg) and heavyweight (M90kg) competitions.

It saw the host nation, Scotland, win its first ever medal in women’s boxing and Lesotho secure only its fourth ever Commonwealth Games medal.

England was the most successful nation on the day and has guaranteed the team will leave Glasgow with at least six medals. The next best performing teams were India and Australia which are both guaranteed three medals each after the first day of quarter finals with 28 more to come on Wednesday.

The first person to win a boxing medal at the Glasgow 2026 was England’s Lauren Mackie who comfortably outpointed Helen Jones of Wales on all five judges’ scorecards to earn a place in Friday’s semi-finals and a chance to upgrade the colour of her medal to silver or gold.

She will face Scarlett Savannah Delgado in the semis after the Canadian became the second medal winner of the Games with a unanimous victory over New Zealand’s Greer Hall.

Joining them on Friday will be Caitlin Rainey who made history when she became the first Scottish woman in history to win a Commonwealth Games medal in boxing as she secured the hosts first medal in the ring at Glasgow 2026.

The 23-year-old from Renton completely dominated her welterweight (W65kg) clash with Flora Loga of Papua New Guinea, which was ended by the referee in the second round, after Rainey inflicted three knockdowns on her opponent. Rainey will face Kaci Rock in Friday’s semi after the Northern Irishwoman’s unanimous defeat of Niue’s Karen Te Ruki Pasene.

The other female bouts in the early afternoon session saw Fatima Zahra of Pakistan and Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh of Canada, guarantee medals at lightweight (W60kg) to set-up a semi-final showdown on Friday.

In the men’s weights, one of the highlights of the session came at welterweight (M65kg), where Pooana Khoahli of Lesotho won his country’s fourth ever medal in the history of the Commonwealth Games as he defeated Ziggy Agathe of Mauritius.  

Two of Lesotho’s other three medals also came in boxing, when Ezekiel Letuka won bronze at Manchester 2002 and Moses Kopo took silver in Melbourne in 2006. Khoahli will face Australia’s Jacob Cassar in the semi-final after he edged-out Gabriel Labrie from Canada on a 3:2 split.

The other boxers to guarantee medals in the afternoon session were Ghana’s Amadu Mohammed and Jye Dixon from Australia at bantamweight (M55kg) and Wales’ Connor Williams and Garyn McAllister of Northern Ireland in the heavyweight (M90kg) division.

After a mixed afternoon, the evening session was a triumph for England, which won all five bouts with victories for Lucy Kings-Wheatley (W60kg), Sacha Hickey (W65kg), Mary-Kate Smith (W75kg), Patris Mughalzai (M65kg) and Isaac Okoh (M90kg).

India enjoyed a strong evening performance with two wins for Preeti Preeti at bantamweight (W54kg)and Priya Priya at lightweight (W60kg) to ensure they finished the day with three medals. 

Australia also finished the day on three medals after Eve Elizabeth Bryson defeated Emily Nakalema of Uganda on a 4:1 split.  She will face England’s Sacha Hickey in Friday’s semi-finals.

For the host nation, Scotland, the day finished on a high as Robert McNulty convincingly outpointed India’s Kapil Pokhariya to add to Caitlin Rainey’s historic medal earlier in the day.

McNulty will face England’s Isaac Okoh in the Friday’s semi-final. Connor Williams of Wales will meet Garyn McAllister of Northern Ireland to complete a mouthwatering all home nation line-up the men’s heavyweight (M90kg) semis.

It means that at the end of the day, 12 countries are currently guaranteed a medal in boxing: England (6); Australia and India (3); Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Zambia ((2); and Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, Pakistan and Wales (1).

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Tomorrow’s action will feature 28 more quarter finals across two sessions of boxing, starting at 12:00 and 18:00 local time.

All the action will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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Wales was the most successful team on day four of boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with three wins for Owain Harris-Allen, Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Daniel Pitt.

The day’s action saw 28 round of 16 bouts in the men’s lightweight (M60kg), light-middleweight (M70kg) and light-heavyweight (M80kg) categories and the women’s flyweight (W51kg) competition.

The first session of the day began with two flyweight contests that went with form as Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall and Northern Ireland’s Caitlin Fyrers secured unanimous 5:0 wins over Ramatu from Ghana Quaye and Zinnat Ferdous of Bangladesh respectively.

It was followed by four bouts in the men’s lightweight category (W60kg), which included a successful first appearance in the competition by Wales’ 2022 bantamweight bronze medallist, Owain Harris-Allan. The Welshman was rarely troubled as he secured a unanimous win over Niven Chembren of Mauritius to set-up a quarter final clash with home favourite, Nicholas Devlin of Scotland.

A much closer affair saw Treasure Moremi of Botswana edge a 3:2 win over Loka Litabe of Lesotho, before the pick of the lightweight bouts pitched the world number five, Sachin Sachin of India, against Will Hewitt of England, who is ranked eighth.

A good first round from Sachin saw the Indian take the lead on four of the scorecards. Hewitt tried to seize the initiative in the second, but Sachin countered cleverly to build-up his advantage and eventually went on to take the bout 4:1 on the cards, despite being docked a point in the final round. He will face Treasure Moremi of Botswana for a medal in Wednesday’s quarter-final

In the light-middleweight (M70kg) competition, there was more disappointment for England as Will’s twin brother, Paddy was defeated 4:1 by Orlando Holley-Sotomi of Wales. The other winners in the morning’s light-middleweight bouts were Lorenso Bonne from the Seychelles, Ghana’s Precious Akai Nettey and Mervin Clair from Mauritius.

The early session concluded with four light-heavyweight match-ups and ended with another ominous performance from Joshua Ofori of Canada whose bout with Fiji’s Aminiasi Saratibau was stopped by the referee in round two, after Ofori had knocked down his opponent three times in the first two rounds. The Canadian will face Desmond Pappoe in the quarter-final on Wednesday, after the Ghanaian’s split decision win over Tonga’s Josh Tonga.

After a disappointing morning  session for England in which it lost two from two, the evening began with a sparkling display from 19-year-old, Ruby White who completely overwhelmed her South African opponent in their flyweight (W51kg) clash.

It was one of two wins in the evening session for England, who saw Dimeji Shittu defeat Uganda’s Alfred Ojok in their light-heavyweight (M80kg) contest later in the session.

After winning featherweight gold at Birmingham 2022, Jude Gallagher is looking to become a two-time Commonwealth Games champion in Glasgow, and the Northern Irishman did not disappoint when he entered the competition at lightweight (M60kg) with an impressive unanimous victory over Qudrat Ullah of Pakistan.

For the host nation, it proved to be another mixed day. In the women’s flyweight (W51kg) competition, Scotland’s Brooke Neely lost an agonising 3:2 split decision in a close bout with Nadeeka Ransinghe of Sri Lanka.

But in the men’s light-middleweight (M70kg) competition, Sonny Kerr gave the Scottish fans something to cheer as with a 3:1 victory over Boniface Maina of Kenya to set-up a medal bout against Marion Ah Tong of Somoa in Wednesday’s quarter finals.

At heavyweight (M90kg), Daniel Pitt finished a great day for Wales with a unanimous decision win over Kua Gunua Mua from Papua New Guinea.

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Tuesday’s action will feature two more sessions of action starting at 12:00 and 18:00 local time and will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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England was the most successful team with three victories on the third day of boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC) in Glasgow which featured 26 bouts in the men’s bantamweight (M55kg), welterweight (M65kg) and heavyweight (M90kg) categories and the women’s bantamweight (W54kg) and featherweight (W57kg) competitions.

India, Canada, Australia and Wales were the next most successful nations on the day with two wins each.

Canada enjoyed a great first session of boxing which saw Scarlett Delgado secure a unanimous win over the home nation’s Stephanie Kernachan at bantamweight (W54kg).

Later in the session, teammate, Gabriel Labrie, made it two wins from two for Canada with a 5:0 victory over Afzal Khan of Pakistan in the men’s welterweight (M65kg) division.

Australia’s two victories in the early session came from Jye Dixon at bantamweight (M55kg) and Jacob Cassar at welterweight (M65kg).

In the men’s bantamweight (M55kg) division, Ghana’s Amadu Mohammed delivered the only stoppage of the early session as he ended his contest with Eriu Temakau of Kiribati inside a round. 

He will face England’s Ellis Trowbridge after he defeated Rukmal Prasanna of Sri Lanka 4:0.

Trowbridge’s England teammate, Lauren Mackie, will join him in the quarter finals after she narrowly edged out Australia’s Monique Suraci on a 3:2 split in their women’s bantamweight (W54kg) face-off.

The later session saw India’s Preeti Preeti and Judamani Singh Mandengbam enjoy success in the men and women’s bantamweight competitions, however Aditya Pratap Yadav was unable to make it a hat trick of victories for India as Uganda’s Nuhu Batte delivered a superb last round to secure a fantastic 3:2 split decision victory in their welterweight (M65kg) bout.

Batte will face England’s Patris Mughalzai in Tuesday’s quarter finals after the his 5:0 win over Northern Ireland’s John Paul Hale in their round of 16 clash.

The final bout of the day signalled the start of the men’s heavyweight (M90kg) competition with a straightforward win for Connor Williams of Wales, whose bout with Petrus Jacobus Kotze of Namibia was stopped in round two by the referee. Williams will face Niue’s Holo Tutakitoa-Williams in his quarter final on Tuesday.

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Monday’s action will feature two more sessions of action starting at 11:00 and 18:00 local timeand will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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Fifteen countries secured victory on day two of boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC) in Glasgow which featured action in the men’s lightweight (M60kg) and light-heavyweight (M80kg) categories.

The two sessions were book-ended by more mixed results for the host nation with a win and a loss. In the first bout of the day, Nicholas Devlin, who hails from East Kilbride in Glasgow, made an impressive debut in the competition with a unanimous victory over New Zealand’s Finbar O’Sullivan at lightweight (M60kg).

But the final bout of the day saw one of Scotland’s biggest medal hopes, Alan Perrie, exit the competition in a loss to Paul Trainor of Australia. 

After a competitive first round, Perrie was bleeding heavily and, following a series of blows from Trainor, the referee stepped-in in round two to halt the contest on the grounds of injury and declare Trainor the winner.

In between times, the action provided a great showcase for the strength in depth that exists in international boxing with wins in the early session for boxers from Botswana, Antigua, Seychelles and Tonga.  

Two of most impressive performances came from India’s Sachin Sachin, who secured a split decision (4:1) victory over Keoma Al-Ahmadieh of Canada in an absorbing lightweight (M60kg) contest, and Canadian light-heavyweight (M80kg), Joshua Ofori, who looked ominous in stopping his Sri Lankan opponent in less than a round.

Ofori is one Team Canada’s biggest medal hopes and will meet Aminiasi Saritibau of Fiji in the round of 16.

The evening session opened with an all-African affair that saw Zambia’s Albert Ungulube record a unanimous win over Ibrahim Kemis of Uganda and Pakistan’s Qudrat Ullah outpoint Jone Davule from Fiji.

A timing error by the Trinidad and Tobago team meant Anthony Joseph did not appear for his lightweight clash with Tryagain Morning Ndevelo from Namibia who was awarded a walkover and a place in the round of 16.

The best performance of the night came from Wales’s 2024 U19 World Boxing Champion, Daniel Pitt, who impressed as he eased to a 5:0 unanimous victory over Dee Ioapo of Samoa. He will face Kua Ganua Mua from Papua New Guinea in the last 16 on Monday.

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Sunday’s action will feature two more sessions of action starting at 11:00 and 18:00 local time and will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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A fantastic first day of action at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games saw 22 bouts take place across the men and women’s weight categories at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC) on the banks of the River Clyde.

It was a mixed day for the hosts as one of their biggest medal hopes, Aaron Culllen, lost out in his bantamweight (M55kg) contest against India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam. However, Leo Church gave the home fans cause to cheer as he delivered an impressive a performance to secure a unanimous victory over Vi-J Tebouwa of Nauru at welterweight (M65kg).

The big winners on the day were Lesotho and England who won three and four bouts respectively.

The competition got underway with a sparkling performance by England’s Lauren Mackie who eased to a unanimous victory over Kenya’s 2024 African Games bronze medallist, Amina Faki in their bantamweight (W54kg) contest.

Mackie was too fast and skilful for her opponent and inflicted a second round knockdown on Faki, as she won the bout on all five of the judges’ cards which contained a number of 10-8 rounds.

The biggest surprise of the morning came in the fourth contest of the day when Mathealira Seholoholo of Lesotho stunned Northern Ireland’s Louis Rooney with a spectacular second round knockout in their bantamweight (M55kg) clash.

Representing the nation that finished top of the boxing medal table at Birmingham 2022, Rooney had looked comfortable in edging the first round but was floored by a powerful overhand right from Seholoholo which brought the contest to an immediate halt in round two.

It signalled the start of a great session for the tiny land-locked kingdom of Lesotho, which won all three of its bouts.  

In one of the best match-ups of the day Pooana Khoahli delivered a barnstorming final round to edge a see-sawing welterweight (M65kg) battle with De Niro Pau from Niue, 29-28 on all five of judges’ cards.

And in the last final fight of the first session, Refiloe Thai secured a 4-0 victory over Nigeria’s Ayomide Hassan Foly at lightweight (M60kg).

The later session proved to be a day of mixed fortunes for the home nation with Aaron Culllen’s loss and Leo Church’s win.

However, traditional rivals England enjoyed two more wins to make it the most successful team on day one of boxing as Lucy Kings-Wheatley outpointed Papua New Guinea’s Petronella Nokenoke at lightweight (W60kg) and Patris Mughalzai overcame a spirited performance from Ghana’s Abdul Wahib Omar at welterweight (M65kg).

Following the wins by Lauren Mackie and Ellis Trowbridge in the early session it meant that English boxers won all four of their bouts on the first day of competition.

All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.

Saturday’s action will feature two more sessions of action starting at 11:00 and 18:00 local timeand will be televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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201 male and female boxers from 43 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) will face-off when the boxing competition gets underway at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC).

The competition will run from 24July – 1 August 2026 and is the first Commonwealth Games in history to feature gender parity in the boxing competition with seven weight classes for both men and women.

The draw for the competition has been made and can be viewed, along with the schedule and all other competition information HERE.

Boxing has traditionally been one of the strongest sports of the home nation, Scotland, which finished third in the boxing medal table at Birmingham 2022 with three golds and two bronze.

For this Games, it is fielding a team of six men and five women. Medal hopes include light-middleweight (M70kg), Sonny Kerr, who is part of Great Britain’s Olympic programme, and light-heavyweight (M80kg) Alan Perrie, who reached the quarter finals at last year’s World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.

The two nations that finished above Scotland in Birmingham were Ireland and India, which came first and second respectively, and are both bringing strong teams to Glasgow.

The Ireland selection is made-up of seven men and five women and features Commonwealth Games legend, Micheala Walsh, who will be competing in her fourth Games and is defending the featherweight (W57kg) crown she won in Birmingham, after silvers in 2014 and 2018.

In the men’s weights, Jude Gallagher, will be looking to add a lightweight (M60kg) gold medal to the one he secured at featherweight in Birmingham last time out.

The Indian line-up of 14 boxers is one of the strongest in the competition, particularly in the women’s categories where it includes world number three, Preeti Pawar (W54kg), the reigning featherweight (W57kg) world champion, Jaismine Lamboria, and Arundhati Choudhary, who is ranked number two in the world at light-middleweight (W70kg).

India’s big hope in the men’s weights is super-heavyweight (M90kg+) Narender Berwal, who won silver at the World Boxing Cup in India in November 2025 and is ranked number five in the current World Boxing rankings.

The biggest challenge to Berwal at super-heavyweight is expected to come from England’s Damar Thomas who will be looking to follow Joe Joyce, Frazer Clarke and Delicious Orie to become the fourth consecutive English winner in the heaviest division in the competition.

Thomas is part of a 14-strong England team that is brimming with talent. It includes world number six, Sacha Hickey, at welterweight (W65kg) and 2025 World Boxing Championship bronze medallist and Paris 2024 Olympian, Chantelle Reid, at light-middleweight (W70kg).

Joining Thomas in the men’s weights is heavyweight (M90kg), Isaac Okoh, who has moved up to number eight in the world, after a career best performance at the recent World Boxing Cup in China where he defeated Paris 2024 silver medallist, Enmanuel Reyes.

The final home nation team is Wales, which features three women and four men and includes defending Commonwealth Games champion and Paris 2024 Olympian, Rosie Eccles, in what is expected to be her swansong in international boxing.

The men’s line-up includes Owain Harris-Allan, who will box at lightweight (M60kg) after winning a bantamweight bronze at Birmingham 2022, and light-heavyweight (M80kg), Daniel Pitt, who won gold at the U19 World Boxing Championships in 2024 and is a member of World Boxing’s Athlete Committee.

From further afield, Australia’s line-up includes 2025 world championship silver, Emma-Sue Greentree, at middleweight (W75kg) and Lekeisha Pergoliti who won world bronze in Liverpool at light-middleweight (W70kg).

Fiji has five boxers in the competition and includes army officer, Aminiasi Saratibau (W80kg), who competed at the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.

Samoa’s four-person team is coached by 1992 Olympic Games medallist and multiple world title challenger, David Tua, and features 2020 Olympian, Marion Ah Tong, who will be competing in his second Commonwealth Games in the men’s light-middleweight (M70kg) division.

From the Americas, siblings Keoma Ali Al Ahmadieh and Marie Alahmadieh will represent Canada at lightweight (60kg) in the men’s and women’s competitions respectively. Team Canada has six boxers in the draw and has high hopes for Joshua Ofori who will make his Commonwealth Games debut at light-heavyweight (M80kg).

African countries have a great tradition in boxing and won 18 medals in the ring at Birmingham 2022.

Some of the names to watch out for this time around include Kenya’s Amina Feki (W54kg), who won bronze at the 2024 African Games and South Africa’s Thandolwethu Mathiba, who is an eight-time national champion.

The largest African contingents are from Lesotho, Nigeria and Uganda which have six boxers each and Ghana, which will be represented by seven men and three women.  

After coming eighth in the boxing medal table at the last Games, the Ghanaian team is hoping to do better in Glasgow and features Abdul Omar at welterweight (M65kg) who is looking to improve on the bronze medal he won at Birmingham in the light-welterweight division. 

The official draw has taken place and can be viewed HERE. The competition gets underway at 11:00 (BST) on Friday 24 July 2026 when England’s Lauren Mackie will face Amina Feki of Kenya in the women’s bantamweight division (W54kg).

The action will take place across two sessions of boxing for the first six days of competition, followed by a rest day on 30 July 2026. When it resumes there will be three sessions of semi-final action on Friday 31 July 2026 followed by two sessions of finals on Saturday 1 August 2026, when 14 Commonwealth Games champion will be crowned.

All of the action is being televised live on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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