World Boxing Cup

The first semi-finals of the World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 are complete, with four boxers booking their place in the final.

The women’s 80kg+ weight category semi-finals took place with Yeldana Talipova, from Kazakhstan, winning a close bout by a 3:2 split decision against Uzbekistan’s Oltinoy Sotimboeva. In the other semi-final in that weight class, India’s Nupur Nupur beat Türkiye’s Seyma Duztas via a 5:0 unanimous decision.

Men’s 90kg was the other weight class to hold its semi-finals today. In the first, Emrah Yasar of Türkiye beat Sagyndyk Togambay, who was fighting on home soil. Brazil’s Isaias Ribeiro booked his ticket in the final with a clinical 5:0 victory against France’s Soheb Bouafia.

Twelve quarter finals also took place meaning every weight category is now into the semi-final stage, other than the two finals which were locked in today. 36 semi-finals will take place across two sessions tomorrow, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5), teeing up an action-packed day of finals on Sunday.

Full results from today’s session and schedules for the rest of the tournament, can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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More quarter finals took place today at the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Art Palace.

36 quarter-final matchups took place across two sessions with all of today’s winners securing themselves at least a bronze medal courtesy of reaching the semi-final stage.

Patricia Mbata, from Nigeria, earned an impressive 5:0 win against Poland’s Aleksandra Cyrek in the women’s 70kg – Nigeria’s first win in the competition so far. In the men’s 60kg, two of the top performing nations met in a tense affair, with Brazil’s Paris Olympian, Luiz Oliveira, edging a 3:2 split decision win over India’s Sachin Sachin.

Previous World Boxing Cup gold medallist Nikita Putilov, from Germany, booked a semi-final spot with a 5:0 victory against Bulgaria’s Yordan Morejon in the men’s 90kg+.

Sixteen bouts will take place across one session on day five, starting at 19:00 (UTC+5), including four semi-finals.

Full results from today’s sessions and schedules for the rest of the tournament, can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

Day five will be livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

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Day three of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 wrapped up today with 44 bouts taking place across two sessions.

Kazakhstan (8), India (6) and Brazil (5) earned the most wins on the day, which included 14 quarter final matchups.

Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-Oja put on a show with a flurry of punches that earned her a victory by RSC in the women’s 51kg, while USA’s Morelle McCane also secured an RSC win in the women’s 65kg.

36 quarter final bouts will take place across two sessions on day four, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5).

Full results from today’s sessions and schedules for the rest of the tournament, can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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The first four quarter finals of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 took place on the second day of action, alongside forty more preliminary bouts.

The women’s 75kg saw quarter final action taking place, offering boxers the chance to secure a bronze at minimum with victory. Aziza Zokirova (UZB), Sunniva Hofstad (NOR), Nadezhaa Ryabets (KAZ) and Busra Isildar (TUR) were victorious in the opening quarter finals of the competition each securing a medal for their national federation.

There was another knockout, this time in the men’s 90kg+ category, with Diego Lenzi earning an impressive win over Brazil’s Joel Ramos De Silva in round two. Despite that defeat, Brazil enjoyed a positive day earning five victories across the two sessions, including from multiple time World Boxing event gold medallist, Luiz Oliveira, in the men’s 60kg.

Day three will feature a further two sessions, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5). Another 44 bouts are scheduled, with many weight categories reaching the quarter final stage, promising an action-packed day yet again in Astana.

Full results from day two and schedules for the rest of the tournament can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

Day three will be livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

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33 bouts took place on the opening day of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025, which runs until July 6.

The hosts enjoyed a good start to the competition picking up four wins on the opening day, but it was France and India who earned the most success – both picking up five wins.

Mongolia, Brazil and England all picked up two wins to start their week well. The event has showcased world-class, Olympic-style boxing from around the world, with twenty nations picking up at least one win.

USA’s Malachi Georges produced the highlight moment of the day in his 90kg bout with Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine, earning a knockout victory in round one.

Day two will feature another two sessions, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5). 44 bouts are scheduled including the first quarter final bouts of the event, in the women’s 75kg weight category.

Full results from day one and schedules for the rest of the tournament can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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From June 30 to July 6, more than 400 boxers representing 31 countries will be battling it out for medals at the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025.

The competition will be hosted in the country’s capital, Astana, at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Art Palace. Several Olympians and previous World Boxing Cup champions will be in action. It will feature the same twenty weight categories used in Poland and Brazil earlier this year, ten for men and ten for women.

The draw will be made for the event at 19:00 local time (GMT+5) on Sunday 29 June.

The confirmed registered nations are Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States and Uzbekistan.

The World Boxing Cup is a competition format developed by World Boxing whereby elite male and female boxers accrue ranking points over several stages of competition during the calendar year.

It is designed to bring greater structure and meaning to the competition calendar in Olympic-style boxing and culminates in a final event where the stage winners and other top-ranked boxers compete for the World Boxing Cup trophy.

The event will be livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

Draws, results and additional information can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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The World Boxing Cup – Felix Stamm: Poland 2025 came to an end today in Arena COS Torwar, in Warsaw. Medals were distributed in all twenty weight categories, ten men’s and ten women’s, following a week full of world-class boxing action.

Uzbekistan picked up the most gold medals with six but were trumped in the overall medal standings by the hosts, Poland, who won a total of 18 medals.

The remaining top five nations in the overall medal standings were Uzbekistan and Türkiye with nine, Italy with seven and Mongolia with five.

Finland and Kosovo only won one medal each but both were golds thanks to wins from Pihla Kaivo-Oja and Donjeta Sadiku.

The full list of gold medal winners is included below:

Weight	Gold Medal
W48kg	Yalgettekin Nurselen TUR
W51kg	Kaivo-Oja Pihla FIN
W65kg	Carini Angela ITA
W75kg	Müller Leonie GER
W80kg	Guneri Elif TUR
W80+kg	Kaczmarska Agata POL
50kg	Attrattivo Salvatore ITA
55kg	Mirzakhalilov Mirazizbek UZB
65kg	Muydinkhujaev Asadkhuja UZB
80kg	Ummataliev Javokhir UZB
W54kg	Charaabi Sirine ITA
W57kg	Szeremeta Julia POL
W60kg	Sadiku Donjeta KOS
W75kg	Hofstad Sunniva NOR
60kg	Brach Pawel POL
70kg	Znamiec Cezary POL
75kg	Erkinboev Fazliddin UZB
85kg	Isroilov Akmaljon UZB
90kg	Sevostyanov Alexey POL
90kg+	Zokirov Jakhongir UZB

Attention now turns to the World Boxing Cup—Astana, Kazakhstan 2025, taking place from 30 June – 6 July 2025. The competition will take place in Beeline Arena, which has previously hosted numerous major events, across a wide range of sports.

Designed to enhance the global boxing calendar, the World Boxing Cup series plays a crucial role in shaping the future of Olympic-style boxing, with ranking points distributed to boxers based on their performance throughout the events.

For a full list of the results and more information, including images, visit: https://pzb.com.pl/puchar-swiata-warszawa-2025

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