World Boxing Cup

Strong home nation interest on finals day at ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’

Home nation, Germany, will have seven boxers in today’s final day of action at the ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’.

Other countries with strong interest in the final day include Cuba with five boxers, England with four and Wales with three. Australia and Denmark both have two boxers in today’s finals, while Mongolia, Switzerland, and France each have one.

Today’s finals follow an intriguing day of semi-finals yesterday in Cologne.

One of the biggest surprises of the day came in the women’s bantamweight (54kg) class where Australia’s Monique Suraci defeated France’s European U22 Champion Romane Moulai. She will face England’s Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Charley Davison, who overcame Germany’s Zeina Nassar in her semi-final.

Despite having a large contingent of boxers recently competing at the PanAmerican Games, the Cuban line-up in Cologne has impressed as the team won all five of its semi-finals.

At flyweight (51kg) Giovis Salfran outpointed Mongolia’s Aldarkhichig Battulga while Rolando Martinez did the same against another Mongolian, Bilguunsaikhan Kharkhuu at featherweight (57kg). World silver medallist Erislandy Alvarez defeated Germany’s Assan Hansen at light welterweight (63kg). The other two Cuban winners were light-heavyweight (80kg) Jorge Manuel Soto, who defeated Germany’s Delil Dadaev and Nelson Jesus Williams who got the better of Australia’s Ikeanna Enyi at heavyweight (92kg).

Two other strong performing nations this week have been Wales and England. In the women’s welterweight category (66kg), the Welsh Commonwealth Games champion, Rosie Eccles, eliminated Germany’s Leonie Mueller. Her fellow Welsh boxers, Garan Croft (71kg) and Taylor Bevan (80kg) both won their semi-finals.

For England, Charley Davison will be joined in today’s finals by Demie-Jade Resztan (50kg), Elise Glynne (57kg) and Patrick Brown who triumphed over Australia’s Eddie Coumi at heavyweight (92kg). 

One English boxer not joining his teammates in the finals is 2022 European Champion, Harris Akbar, who lost his light-middleweight (71kg) semi-final to the home nation’s Magomed Schachidov. The German will be joined in today’s finals by teammates Maxi Klotzer (50kg), Salah Ibrahim (51kg), Murat Yildirim (57kg), David Gkevorikian (63.5kg) Stefanie Von Berge (66kg) and Nikita Putilov (92kg+).

The draw for the finals can be viewed at:

The action will be streamed live from 1700 CET on Tuesday 31 October 2023 and can be viewed at:  

World Boxing will posting updates on its social channels:

The ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’ is being delivered by the German Boxing Association in collaboration with World Boxing.

The 15 nations that have taken part in the competition include 11 countries that are members of World Boxing: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Mongolia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Wales. Three countries that are not currently members of the new IF, Cuba, France and Switzerland, have been given approval to compete by the Executive Board of World Boxing. The final entrant is representing the IOC’s Refugee team.

52 boxers representing 13 flags will contest today’s semi-finals in ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’

Fifty-two boxers representing 13 flags will contest today’s semi-finals on day three of the ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’ (28-31 October 2023) in Germany.

It comes after the quarter-finals were completed over 33 bouts yesterday.  All of the results from a day of superb action which featured strong performances from the host nation along wth England, Australia and Mongolia can be viewed at:

Today’s semi-finals feature a large German contingent of 14 boxers.  Other nations with significant interest include England, Australia and Mongolia, who all have six boxers, and Cuba with five.  Wales and Sweden each have three boxers in the semi-finals, while France, Denmark and Finland have two.  Switzerland and Norway have one each along with the IOC’s Refugee team.

The semi-finals will run over two sessions of boxing starting at 14:00 and 17:00 (CET).  The draw can be viewed at:

All of the semi-finals from day three will be streamed live at:

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

The ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’ is being delivered by the German Boxing Association in collaboration with World Boxing.

The 15 nations that have taken part in the competition include 11 countries that are members of World Boxing: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Mongolia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Wales.  Three countries that are not currently members of the new IF, Cuba, France and Switzerland, have been given approval to compete by the Executive Board of World Boxing.  The final entrant is representing the IOC’s Refugee team.

Team Refugee boxer delivers suprise victory over European Championship silver medallist on day one of ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’

Omid Ahmadisafa from the IOC’s Refugee Team delivered a surprise on day one of the ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’ (28–31 October 2023)  when he outpointed England’s European Championship silver medallist, Kiaran MacDonald, in their flyweight (51kg) contest.

It was part of an exciting first day of action at the tournament which saw 52 boxers take part in 26 bouts. 

One country which enjoyed a very good start to the competition was Wales, which saw two of it’s strongest boxers come through tricky first round contests.

In the men’s light-middleweight competiton, 2022 European Championship silver medallist, Garan Croft, overcame Sweden’s Kevin Scott via a 4-1 split.

At 66kg in the women’s categories, Rosie Eccles, who secured qualification for Paris 2024 at this summer’s European Games in Poland, continued her good form with a unanimous win over Emilie Sonvico of France.

Elsewhere, this competition is notable for the presence of a team from Cuba which includes three women who have only recently been permitted to compete.

The Cuban line-up in Cologne features a number of young talents who experienced a mixed first day of action. 

In the women’s competition, Melani Girado (54kg) and Juliannet Diaz (60kg) lost by split decisions to Germany’s Zeina Nassar and Anna Jenni of Switzerland respectively.  In the men’s weights Rolando Martinez Perez (57kg), Erislandy Alvarez (63.5kg) and Jorge Soto Napoles (80kg) enjoyed victories but these were offset by losses at bantamweight (54kg) and super-heavyweight (92kg+).

Day two of the competition will see another 33 contests across weight classes including the women’s 50kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg and 75kg and the 57kg, 63.5kg, 71kg and 80kg categories for men.

All of the results from day one and the draw for day two can be viewed at:

Colo­gne Boxing Cup: Ablauf, Anset­zun­gen und Ergeb­nis­se des Turniers

All of the action from today’s second day of competition can be viewed at

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

The ‘World Boxing BoxingCup: Cologne 2023’ is being delivered by the German Boxing Association in collaboration with World Boxing.

The 15 nations taking part in the competition include 11 countries that are members of World Boxing: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Mongolia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Wales.  Three countries that are not currently members of the new IF, Cuba, France and Switzerland, have been given approval to compete by the Executive Board of World Boxing.  The final entrant is representing the Refugee team.

111 boxers from 15 countries to compete in ‘World Boxing Cup Cologne 2023’

111 boxers from 15 countries will take part in the ‘World Boxing Cup: Cologne 2023’ (28-31 October 2023) which starts today in Germany following yesterday’s draw.

The tournament is being delivered by the German Boxing Association in collaboration with World Boxing, the new international federation (IF) which has been established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement.

The 15 nations taking part in the competition include 11 countries that are members of World Boxing: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Mongolia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Wales.  Three countries that are not currently members of the new IF, Cuba, France and Switzerland, have been given approval to compete by the Executive Board of World Boxing.  The final entrant is representing the Refugee team.

The competition will follow the new World Boxing Cup format and features six women’s categories and seven for men, which reflect the weight classes that will be used at the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

60 men and 51 women are taking part in the four-day competition.  There will be two sessions of boxing on each of the first three days starting at 14:00 and 19:00 (CET).  Finals day on 31 October 2023 will feature one session starting at 17:00.

Weight classes competing in today’s first session from 14:00, when there will be two rings in action, include 50kg, 54kg and 60kg in the women’s competition and 63.5kg, 71kg, 80kg, 92kg and 92kg+ for the men.

The action is being streamed live and can be viewed at: https://sportdeutschland.tv/dbvboxen

A full list of entrants and details of the draw can be viewed at: https://www.boxverband.de/cologne-boxing-cup-der-ablaufplan-des-turniers-in-koeln/

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