The opening day of competition at the World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 has concluded with 13 bouts contested throughout the first session of the week. Day one consisted of action across five weight classes, including four men’s divisions and one women’s division.
Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen opened the tournament against Brazil’s two-time Olympian Beatriz Soares, who holds a silver medal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and a bronze medal from last summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Chen, a Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist herself, never backed down and ultimately won the judges over with a dazzling 4-1 victory in the 60kg showdown.
Bouts two through five consisted of action in the men’s 55kg weight division and featured a mix of results. Australia’s Yusuf Chothia bested the United States’ Orlando Zamora via a 3-2 decision. Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Altynbek then cruised to a 4-1 win over Brazil’s Michael Trindade in bout three. Guatemala’s Jose Daniel Felipe Mijangos wasted no time in his tournament opener and cashed in a first-round stoppage over Germany’s Omar Salah Ibrahim. Uzbekistan’s Mirarzizbek Mirzakhalilov rounded out Monday’s 55kg action with a tidy 5-0 victory over Sweden’s Nebil Ibrahim.
In bout six, the start of the men’s 70kg division, Italy’s Gabriele Guidi Rontani provided a statement win with a brief first-round stoppage over Guatemala’s Walter Ariel Duarte Vasquez. Rontani was a tidal wave of aggression in the bout and peppered his opponent with devastating hooks that ended the bout early.
In the ninth bout of the day, USA’s Carlos Flowers scored the upset with a flawless 5-0 win over Australia’s 2024 Olympian, Shannan Davies. Flowers was composed and consistent throughout his tournament debut and punched his ticket to the quarterfinal round of the men’s 70kg division.
There was no doubt for the judges during the final three bouts of Monday’s action, as England’s Dimeji Shittu and Brazil’s Wanderley Pereira and Isaias Filho each grabbed a 5-0 victory.
A complete list of Monday’s session one results is attached here. Tuesday’s afternoon session is slated to begin at 14:00 local time in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. Each round of the World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 will be broadcast live and free of charge on the CB Boxe YouTube channel, linked here.