World Boxing Cup

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 continued today (Thursday 28 November 2024) at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England, as 46 boxers from 12 countries competed in 23 bouts.

It proved to be a good day for England as six of their boxers enjoyed victories and means the home nation will have four men and three women in tomorrow’s finals as heavyweight, Isaac Okoh, received a bye in his semi-final to go straight into Saturday’s final.

The women’s 66kg final promises to be a particularly intriguing battle as it will see England teammates Kayla Allen and Dione Burman square off in the lone bout on Saturday’s schedule with two competitors from the same country.

Other nations with a strong interest in the final day of competition include Brazil which has three women and three men going for gold. Japan has five finalists while Korea and Mongolia have three competitors and two competitors, respectively in the finals. China, Chinese Taipei and Italy each have one.

Seven of the boxers that will feature in tomorrow’s finals competed at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris and include Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira and Shudai Harada of Japan who will square off in the men’s 57kg bout. It promises to be an top class contest in what has been one of the stand-out weight classes at this week’s competition in Sheffield.

The finals are set to begin Saturday at 12:00 GMT and will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel here where fans can also see every other bout from this week’s action in the inaugural World Boxing Cup Finals 2024.

To stay up to date with all news, schedule, results, and live stream information, click here.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 continued today (Thursday 28 November 2024) at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England, with the completion of the quarter-finals.

The action on day two consisted of 24 bouts across six weight divisions, three for men and three for women.

After a successful opening day, the Japanese team continued to impress with four victories and will have six boxers in tomorrow’s semi-finals. Other teams that enjoyed success on day two included Brazil, Thailand, England and Mongolia who each recorded three wins.

All of the boxers that are through to the final two days of competition are guaranteed a medal and will battle it out to determine what colour they will leave with over 26 semi-finals on Friday and 13 finals on Saturday.

Every bout of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel, linked here.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 consists of 13 weight classes, six for women and seven for men. More than 100 boxers from 20 national federations are competing in Sheffield as they start their journey to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and win gold at the first-ever World Boxing Cup Finals.

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The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 saw forty-two boxers take the ring on day one of competition at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.

Two sessions of high-quality action saw five Paris 2024 Olympians, including three from Brazil, advance to the next round of the competition.

Another country which enjoyed a good opening day was Japan which led the way with five wins from five as it made an impressive start to its first appearance in World Boxing Cup event. In addition to Brazil’s three victories, Korea also nabbed a trio of wins on the opening day of competition.

Tomorrow’s (Thursday 28 November 2024) action will begin at 11:00 GMT and see 24 more bouts consisting of 12 men’s and 12 women’s matchups.

Each bout of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel, linked here.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 consists of 13 weight classes, six women and seven men, as nearly 20 federations are in contention in Sheffield. Over 100 boxers look to start their Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games journeys and win gold at the first-ever World Boxing Cup Final.

This World Boxing Cup Finals is the first in the new Olympic cycle and were implemented to help competitors solidify positions in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

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TWENTY-ONE bouts will take place on the first day of action at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 (27-30 November 2024) at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield following Tuesday’s draw.

Thirteen boxers from the host nation, Great Britain, were in the draw, which featured large contingents from Korea with 11 boxers and 10 from Brazil. 

Other countries that will compete in the tournament include China, Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand.

One boxer who will be looking forward to this week’s tournament is German super-heavyweight, Nikita Putilov, who won gold on his last appearance in Sheffield at the ‘World Boxing Cup: GB Open’ back in January.

He will be joined by one of Brazil’s Paris Olympians, Luiz Gabriel Oliveira, who will compete in the featherweight category.

Wednesday’s schedule and the draw sheets are available below:

Other event information can be seen at the event website: https://www.englandboxing.org/world-boxing-championships/.

The action will get underway at 11:00 on Wednesday 27 November 2024. The tournament will be streamed HERE on World Boxing’s YouTube channel.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.

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

More than 120 boxers from over 20 countries will take part in the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 which get underway this week at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, England from 27 – 30 November 2024.

The competition will take place at seven men’s weight and six for women and feature strong home nation interest with 13 boxers competing from the GB Boxing squad.

The draw for the event is at 20:00 GMT on Tuesday and the action will get underway at 11:00 on Wednesday 27 November 2024. 

Details of the draw and all other event information will be posted at the event website here – https://www.englandboxing.org/world-boxing-championships/.

Tickets are still available, with prices starting at £12 per session for the first three days of action. Tickets for Saturday’s finals session are £15. All tickets will be subject to a booking fee and discounts are available for groups of ten.

To purchase tickets, visit: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/world-boxing-cup-final-sheffield-2024

The tournament will also be streamed HERE on World Boxing’s YouTube channel.

Below is the schedule for the competition:

Wednesday 27^th November

11:00 – 15:00 – Quarter Finals

17:00 – 21:30 – Quarter Finals

Thursday 28^th November

11:00 – 15:00 – Quarter Finals

17:00 – 21:45 – Quarter Finals

Friday 29^th November

12:00 – 15:30 – Semi Finals

17:00 – 20:30 – Semi Finals

Saturday 30^th November

12:00 – 17:00 – Finals and Medal Presentations

The World Boxing Cup is a new international boxing format developed by World Boxing, the international federation which has been established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

The event is the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2024 and follows events earlier this year in Sheffield (January), Colorado (April) and Mongolia (September).

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.

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

The boxing action ended today with the final bouts in all eleven weight categories taking place on the final day of the World Boxing Cup: Ulaanbaatar 2024. Host nation Mongolia secured the most medals with a haul made up of 4 gold, 4 silver and 13 bronze medals.

China was the second most successful nation at the event with 6 medals, closely followed by Japan who finished with 5 medals.

The full list of gold medallists at the World Boxing Cup: Ulaanbaatar 2024 is:

Women’s 50kg: KINOSHITA Rinka, Japan

Women’s 54kg: OYUNTSETSEG Yesugen, Mongolia

Women’s 57kg: YOSHIZAWA Satsuki, China

Women’s 60kg: MONKHOR Namuun, Mongolia

Women’s 66kg: LI Shu, China

Men’s 51kg: LIU Chuang, China

Men’s 57kg: KHARKHUU Bilguunsaikhan, Mongolia

Men’s 63.5kg: NISHIYAMA Shion, Japan

Men’s 71kg: BATTUMUR Misheelt, Mongolia

Men’s 80kg: WAKAYA Go, Japan

Men’s 92+kg: OUCHAOU Amin Younes, Germany

The four-day competition was the first World Boxing Cup event to be held in Asia and was hosted by the Mongolian Boxing Federation and World Boxing.

The event in Ulaanbaatar was the third World Boxing Cup of 2024 following events in Sheffield, England in January and Colorado, USA in April. The World Boxing Cup end-of-year Finals event for 2024 will be held at English Institute of Sport Sheffield, England from 27-30 November 2024.

There are ten days left to submit entries for the World Boxing Cup Finals which are set to take place at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield from 27-30 November 2024.

The competition, which is being hosted by England Boxing and World Boxing in association with GB Boxing, will be the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2024 when the stage winners and other top-ranked boxers from this year’s events will compete for the World Boxing Cup Trophy.

To secure your place in the competition, contact:

sheffield2024@gbboxing.org.uk

00 44 114 223 5613