World Boxing Cup

The World Boxing Cup Finals – Greater Noida 2025 got underway today with eleven bouts at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida.

The host nation, India, got off to a strong start, in the first two bouts of the day which saw unanimous victories for World Boxing Champion, Minakshi Minakshi (W48kg), and Preeti Preeti (W54kg),

Bouts nine and eleven saw Ankush Ankush (80kg) and Narender Narender (90kg+) make it four victories for India on the opening day. Narender’s super heavyweight clash was the only bout of the day to go down to a split decision, with the Indian securing a 4:1 win against Ukraine’s Andrii Khaletskyi.

Uzbekistan followed up its success in Liverpool with three victories, followed by Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Australia, who all picked up one win each. Every bout was a quarter final meaning each winner is guaranteed themselves at least a bronze medal.

Monday will see a further twenty bouts across two sessions which will get underway at 14:00 (IST) and 18:00 (IST).

The daily schedule, official draw and all results and additional information can be found on the event’s official website HERE.

The World Boxing Cup Finals – Greater Noida 2025 is being livestreamed on the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) YouTube channel HERE.

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More than 130 boxers from 18 countries will take part in the World Boxing Cup Finals – Greater Noida, 2025 when the action gets underway, 16-20 November 2025, at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida.

The competition will feature 10 weight classes for both men and women, and the official draw will take place at 15:00 on Saturday 15th November 2020. There will be an Opening Ceremony on the same evening at 18:00 at the competition venue and the action will begin at 14:00 on Sunday 16 November 2025.

Details of the draw and all other event information including  images, schedules be uploaded to the official EVENT WEBSITE.

The host nation, India, is entering a full squad of twenty boxers which includes Paris 2024 Olympian and 2025 World Boxing Champion, Jaismine Lamboria (W57kg). Fellow World Boxing champion Minakshi Hooda (W48kg) and Nikhat Zareen (W51kg) – who was recently elected to World Boxing’s Athlete Committee – will also feature.

Other medallists from the recent World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool, that will be competing include silver medallist, Sewonrets Okazawa (M70kg), of Japan and gold medallist, Huang Hsiao-Wen, from Chinese Taipei, will be chasing further success in the women’s 54kg.

They will be joined Poland’s W80kg+ World Boxing Championship gold medallist, Agata Kaczmarska, who will compete at W80kg in Greater Noida, and Paris silver medallist Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu (M60kg) of Kyrgyzstan.

The nations that are confirmed to be competing are: Australia, Austria, Chinese Taipei, England, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of Korea, Spain, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

The competition will be livestreamed on the Boxing Federation of India YouTube channel HERE.

Competition Schedule:

Sunday 16^th – Quarter Finals

Monday 17^th – Quarter Finals

Tuesday 18^th – Quarter Finals and Semi Finals

Wednesday 19^th – Semi Finals

Thursday 20^th – Finals and Medal Ceremonies

The World Boxing Cup Finals – Greater Noida, 2025 is the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2025 and follows events earlier this year in Brazil and Kazakhstan. It will be delivered by Boxing Federation of India, in association with World Boxing.

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After a week of world class boxing, twenty boxers won gold medals at the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025. The event, held at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Art Palace, featured ten weight categories for men and ten for women.

Over 400 boxers entered the competition that began on June 30, with 80 picking up a medal. The host nation, Kazakhstan, won the most gold medals with eight, followed by Brazil with four and India with three. France, Finland, Uzbekistan, Norway and Australia all picked up one gold medal. The full list of gold medals is below:

Weight	Gold Medal
W48kg	KYZAIBAY Nazym (KAZ)
W51kg	KAIVO-OJA Pihla (FIN)
W54kg	SAKSHI Sakshi (IND)
W57kg	JAISMINE Jaismine (IND)
W60kg	GRAFEYEVA Viktoriya (KAZ)
W65kg	KHAMIDOVA Navbakhor (UZB)
W70kg	BOGDANOVA Natalya (KAZ)
W75kg	HOFSTAD Sunniva (NOR)
W80kg	FLINT Eseta (AUS)
W80kg+	NUPUR Nupur (IND)
50kg	TASHKENBAY Sanzhar (KAZ)
55kg	SABYRKHAN Makhmud (KAZ)
60kg	GABRIEL DO NASCIMENTO Luiz (BRA)
65kg	FALCAO DOS REIS Yuri (BRA)
70kg	OLIVEIRA REIS Kaian (BRA)
75kg	AKKALYKOV Sabyrzhan (KAZ)
80kg	CESAR Yojerlin (FRA)
85kg	NURDAULETOV Bekzad (KAZ)
90kg	SANTOS RIBEIRO FILHO Isaias (BRA)
90kg+	ORALBAY Aibek (KAZ)

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.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 will be the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series this year and following the events in Brazil, Czechia and Kazakhstan. The competition will take place at the same time as the World Boxing Congress 2025 which will host stakeholders, officials, and dignitaries from the global boxing community. 

Next up is the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, scheduled from 4-14 September 2025. With over 500 competitors it will be the biggest Olympic-style boxing event to be held in the UK since London 2012.

The World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan: Astana 2025 was livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

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

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Day six is in the books at the World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan – Astana 2025, with 36 semi-finals completed today, setting up a full day of finals tomorrow.

Full results of today’s semi-finals (winners in bold):

MINAKSHI Minakshi IND vs YALGETTEKIN Nurselen TUR

KAZAKOVA Feruza UZB vs SAKSHI Sakshi IND

SANJU Sanju IND vs GRAFEYEVA Viktoriya KAZ

BOGDANOVA Natalya KAZ vs MBATA Patricia NGR

GUNERI Elif TUR vs POOJA RANI Pooja Rani IND

BARICUATRO Jay Bryan PHI vs IZAZ Omer AUS

GABRIEL DO NASCIMENTO Luiz BRA vs GASIMZADA Mahammadali AZE

TRAORE Makan FRA vs HITESH Hitesh IND

AYBUGA Mert TUR vs ORALBAY Nurbek KAZ

JUGNOO Jugnoo IND vs STOTT Teagn ENG

KYZAIBAY Nazym KAZ vs SHINOHARA Hikaru JPN

PEREZ Yoseline USA vs BLUE ROGALINSKA Wiktoria POL

KINGS-WHEATLEY Lucy ENG vs DE LIMA SANTOS Rebeca BRA

MULLER Leonie GER vs PERGOLITI Lekeisha AUS

FLINT Eseta AUS vs RUZMETOVA Sokhiba UZB

TASHKENBAY Sanzhar KAZ vs MAMEDOV Subkhan AZE

KITAMOTO Shunsuke JPN vs GANTUMUR Lundaa  MGL

OLIVEIRA REIS Kaian BRA vs OTGONBAATAR Byamba-Erdene  MGL

GONZALES Robby USA vs CESAR Yojerlin FRA

NURDAULETOV Bekzad KAZ vs ERSOY Samet TUR

KAIVO-OJA Pihla FIN vs LKHADIRI Wassila FRA

WU Shih-Yi TPE vs CERQUEIRA ROMEU Jucielen BRA

SURMENELI Busenaz TUR vs ABIKEYEVA Aida KAZ

HOFSTAD Sunniva NOR vs ZOKIROVA Aziza UZB

YAMAGUCHI Rui JPN vs ALCANTARA Junior DOM

ZEINULLINOV Yertugan KAZ vs JAMWAL Abhinash IND

KIWAN Rami BUL vs RUSTAMBEK UULU Nuradin KGZ

ABDULLAYEV Mahammad AZE vs ORALBAY Aibek KAZ

BARBOSA DE ALMEIDA Caroline BRA vs BALKIBEKOVA Alua KAZ

JAISMINE Jaismine IND vs ZABYNBEKOVA Aidana KAZ

KHAMIDOVA Navbakhor UZB vs McCANE Morelle USA

RYABETS Nadezhaa KAZ vs ISILDAR Busra TUR

SABYRKHAN Makhmud KAZ vs RADEV Yasen BUL

MUGHALZAI Patris ENG vs FALCAO DOS REIS Yuri BRA

DUBEY Nikhil IND vs AKKALYKOV Sabyrzhan KAZ

NARENDER Narender IND vs PUTILOV Nikita GER

These victories, coupled with the four semi-finals that took place yesterday, completes the full final lineup.

Twenty finals will be fought tomorrow across two sessions starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and 19:00 (UTC+5).

Schedules for the rest of the tournament, can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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

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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

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

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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

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

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